Status
Success
Kvant-1
Launch Time
Tue Mar 31, 1987 00:06 UTC
Tue Mar 31, 1987 00:06 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Kvant-1
First addition to the Mir core module, docked to the aft end of the station. This provided the station with a complex set of scientific equipment (the international Roentgen X-ray Observatory consisting of the HEXE, Pulsar X-1, Sirene-2, and TTM instruments; the Glasar UV telescope; and the Svetlana electrophoresis unit) as well as additional support systems, in particular attitude control from 6 large gyrodynes. The module was launched with a TKM-E space tug, which maneuvered the spacecraft through docking and was then discarded.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 22,797.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1987
32nd orbital launch attempt
Proton-K
144th mission
3rd mission of 1987
121st successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission