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Kvant-2

Module of the Mir space station. Kvant-2 was launched on November 26, 1989 aboard a Proton-K from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Dec 6, 1989).

COSPAR 1989-093ANORAD 20335Soviet Union

Identity

Name in GCAT
Kvant-2
Payload designation
77KSD No. 171-01
Other names
TsM-D:P
International designator
1989-093A
NORAD catalog number
20335
GCAT identifier
S20335
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/217

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
TsM
Country
Soviet Union
Builder
ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
Platform (bus)
77KS

Launch

Date
November 26, 1989 · 13:01 UTC
Launch record
1989-093Success
Rocket
Proton-K
Spaceport
Baikonur · pad LC200/39

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
390 km
Apogee
393 km
Inclination
51.62°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
December 6, 1989
Last known active
Mar 23, 2001
End of operations
Mar 23, 2001

Size

Mass
23.5 t
Dry mass
23.5 t
Length
14.0 m
Diameter
4.10 m
Span
14.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q529759 (CC0).