Space station core module.
Initial orbit 172 X 301 km. Established in operational orbit 6 March 1986. 10 km from Salyut 7 on 8 March. First
use Luch relay satellite on 29 March. EVA's on 12 June and 16 June erect solar array brought aboard Kvant.
Equipment:
-Splav-2 crystal growth facility
-Zona zone melt facility
-Kashtan electrophoresis
unit
-Bulgarian Rozhen photometer
-Spektr-256 and MKS-M spectrometers
-Pion-M multipurpose
physics unit (41 kg)
-Biryuza semiconductor materials unit
-Ruchei electrophoresis installation
-Yantar metal coating equipment
-Mariye magnetic spectrometer
-Korund furnace (136 kg)
Events:
EVA 12 April 1987 to remove bag preventing docking of Kvant. Total costs Feb 1986-Apr 1989
(return of Soyuz TM-9) 1. 471 billion rubles. Includes Mir, Kvant, all Soyuz and Progress, and 2 new
modules. 12/16 June 1987 EVA's to install aux. solar panels. EVA February 1988 to replace one of the
two lower panels of two-tier solar arrays. 30 June 88 EVA to attempt repair of TTM shadow mask X-ray
telescope. Tool broke off. EVA 20 October 1988 repair successfully completed. Joint French mission
December 1988 utilized Physalie biomedical equipment. EVA 12 December erected ERA lattice structure.
As of April 1989 50% of scientific equipment inoperable and interior cramped due to lack of extension
modules. Electric power supply problems reported in April 1989. Batteries would not hold charge from
panels. Mass 27,300 kg as of January 1990. Complex mass with Kvant-2 65,790 kg; with Kristall, Soyuz TM,
and Progress M, 89,990 kg.
Maneuver Summary:
172 km X 294 km orbit to 170 km X 335 km orbit.
Delta V: 11 m/s
170 km X 335 km orbit to 210 km X 335 km orbit. Delta V: 11 m/s
210 km X 335 km orbit to 270 km X 340 km orbit. Delta V: 18 m/s
270 km X 340 km orbit to 270 km X
348 km orbit. Delta V: 2 m/s
270 km X 348 km orbit to 324 km X 340 km orbit. Delta V: 17 m/s
322 km
X 337 km orbit to 333 km X 342 km orbit. Delta V: 4 m/s
By Progress 25: 332 km X 339 km orbit to 338 km
X 358 km orbit. Delta V: 6 m/s
By Progress 25: 337 km X 358 km orbit to 339 km X 360 km orbit.
Delta V: 1 m/s
By Progress 25: 338 km X 360 km orbit to 336 km X 343 km orbit. Delta V: 4 m/s
By Progress 26: 335 km X 345 km orbit to 309 km X 345 km orbit. Delta V: 7 m/s
By Progress 26: 309 km
X 345 km orbit to 331 km X 344 km orbit. Delta V: 6 m/s
By Progress 26: 331 km X 342 km orbit to 335
km X 343 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
By Progress 26: 335 km X 343 km orbit to 340 km X 355 km orbit.
Delta V: 4 m/s
By Progress 26: 340 km X 355 km orbit to 341 km X 359 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
By
Progress 26: 340 km X 359 km orbit to 334 km X 340 km orbit. Delta V: 6 m/s
By Progress 26: 333 km X
339 km orbit to 332 km X 335 km orbit. Delta V: 2 m/s
Total Delta V By Progress 26: 34 m/s
By
Progress 27: 332 km X 337 km orbit to 332 km X 366 km orbit. Delta V: 8 m/s
By Progress 27: 315 km X
344 km orbit to 329 km X 363 km orbit. Delta V: 9 m/s
By Progress 27: 328 km X 363 km orbit to 342 km
X 368 km orbit. Delta V: 5 m/s
By Progress 27: 339 km X 368 km orbit to 346 km X 370 km orbit. Delta V:
2 m/s
Total Delta V By Progress 27: 16 m/s
By Progress 28: 344 km X 369 km orbit to 354 km X 369 km
orbit. Delta V: 2 m/s
350 km X 366 km orbit to 344 km X 364 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
By Progress
30: 341 km X 365 km orbit to 312 km X 361 km orbit. Delta V: 9 m/s
By Progress 31: 306 km X 354 km
orbit to 298 km X 358 km orbit. Delta V: 3 m/s
By Progress 32: 287 km X 342 km orbit to 326 km X 344
km orbit. Delta V: 11 m/s
By Progress 33: 323 km X 340 km orbit to 334 km X 360 km orbit. Delta V: 8
m/s
By Progress 35: 318 km X 333 km orbit to 330 km X 362 km orbit. Delta V: 11 m/s
By Progress 36:
326 km X 355 km orbit to 348 km X 356 km orbit. Delta V: 6 m/s
Total Delta V from February 19 1986 to
June 18 1988: 176 m/s.
Officially: Orbital scientific station for conducting studies and experiments
in the interests of science and the national economy.
| Date |
Time (UT) |
Explanation |
|
Feb 19, 1986
|
21:28:23
|
lift-off base module of orbital station
"Mir"
|
|
Mar 31, 1987
|
00:06:16
|
lift-off module
"Kvant"
of orbital station
"Mir"
|
|
Apr 09, 1987
|
00:35:58
|
docking of module
"Kvant"
to aft (aggregative) unit of station
"Mir"
|
|
Apr 12, 1987
|
20:18:24
|
separation of service module of
"Kvant"
|
|
Nov 26, 1989
|
13:01:41
|
lift-off module
"Kvant-2"
of orbital station
"Mir"
|
|
Dec 06, 1989
|
12:21:28
|
docking of module
"Kvant-2"
to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station
"Mir"
|
|
Dec 08, 1989
|
07:19:07
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Kvant-2"
from longitudinal fore unit of station
"Mir"
to radial one
|
|
Dec 08, 1989
|
08:19:04
|
redocking of module
"Kvant-2"
to radial fore (transitional) unit (+Y) of station
"Mir"
|
|
May 31, 1990
|
10:33:20
|
lift-off module
"Kristall"
of orbital station
"Mir"
|
|
Jun 10, 1990
|
10:47:22
|
docking of module
"Kristall"
to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station
"Mir"
|
|
Jun 11, 1990
|
?
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Kristall"
from longitudinal fore unit of station
"Mir"
to radial one
|
|
Jun 11, 1990
|
?
|
redocking of module
"Kristall"
to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Y) of station
"Mir"
|
|
May 20, 1995
|
03:33:22
|
lift-off module
"Spektr"
of orbital station
"Mir"
|
|
May 26, 1995
|
23:07:44
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Kristall"
from radial fore unit (-Y) of station
"Mir"
to longitudinal one
|
|
May 27, 1995
|
00:36:10
|
redocking of module
"Kristall"
to longitudinal fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station
"Mir"
|
|
May 29, 1995
|
?
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Kristall"
from longitudinal fore unit of station
"Mir"
to radial one
|
|
May 29, 1995
|
?
|
redocking of module
"Kristall"
to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Z) of station
"Mir"
|
|
Jun 01, 1995
|
00:56:16
|
docking of module
"Spektr"
to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station
"Mir"
|
|
Jun 03, 1995
|
19:53:50
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Spektr"
from longitudinal fore unit of station
"Mir"
to radial one
|
|
Jun 03, 1995
|
?
|
redocking of module
"Spektr"
to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Y) of station
"Mir"
|
|
Jun 10, 1995
|
?
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Kristall"
from radial fore (transitional) unit (-Z) of station
"Mir"
to longitudinal one (preparing for docking with Atlantis)
|
|
Jun 10, 1995
|
?
|
redocking of module
"Kristall"
to longitudinal fore unit of station
"Mir"
|
|
Jul 17, 1995
|
02:51:56
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Kristall"
from longitudinal fore unit of station
"Mir"
to radial one
|
|
Jul 17, 1995
|
?
|
redocking of module
"Kristall"
to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Z) of station
"Mir"
; ended at 4:20...4:43 UT
|
|
Apr 23, 1996
|
11:48:50
|
lift-off module
"Priroda"
of orbital station
"Mir"
|
|
Apr 26, 1996
|
12:42:32
|
docking of module
"Priroda"
to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station
"Mir"
|
|
Apr 27, 1996
|
08:32
|
beginning of redocking of module
"Priroda"
from longitudinal fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station
"Mir"
to radial one
|
|
Apr 27, 1996
|
10:06
|
redocking of module
"Priroda"
to radial fore (transitional) unit (+Z) of station
"Mir"
; duration 1:34
|
|
Mar 23, 2001
|
05:59:36
|
end of existence of station
"Mir"
with orbital complex
"Mir"
-
"Kvant"
-
"Kvant-2"
-
"Kristall"
-
"Spektr"
-
"Priroda"
-
"Progress M1-5"
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