Spektr

retired

Спектр

Human SpaceflightLEOCOSPAR 1995-024ALaunched 5/20/1995

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Spektr Mission
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K
Launch Date: 5/20/1995
Last Contact: 3/23/2001

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 396 km
Inclination: 51.65 deg
Dry Mass: 19,500 kg
Total Mass: 22,000 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Human Spaceflight
Payload Category: SS
Payload Class: C

Organizations

Operator: RSC Energia
Manufacturer: Khrunichev State Research and Production Center

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1995-024A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/289

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Mentions

3

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

L2 currently hosts the James Webb Space Telescope, the European Euclid mission, the Chinese Chang’e 6 orbiter, and the joint Russian-German Spektr-RG observatory.

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Finalists for Breakthrough of the Year included SpaceX’s Starlink, NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission, JAXA’s Hayabusa-2, China’s Chang’e 4 lunar landing, Spaceflight’s SSO-A SmallSat Express rideshare mission, Spektr-RG, and Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 satellite servicing mission.

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Khrunichev plans five more Proton launches 2019 with the next Proton launch scheduled for 2019-06-21, Moscow time, carrying the Spektr-Roentgen-Gamma telescope.

PlanValue 4.5May 31, 2019First Proton of the year launches Gazprom communications satellite