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KVANT 1

DecayedPayloadLEO

KVANT 1 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on March 31, 1987 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
March 31, 1987 at 12:06 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton-K →
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Kvant
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
215 km
Periapsis
151 km
Inclination
51.64°
Orbital period
88.15 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
10,901.88 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1987-030A
NORAD catalog №
17845
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
238.98 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 23, 2001

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 23, 2001
Time in service
14.0 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed