Granat

Russia



Launch data:

Designation: 20352 / 89096A
Launch date 01 Dec 1989
Launch site B, LC-200/40
Launch vehicle  Proton-K / D-1
Mission: Scientific: astronomy
Earth orbit:
Perigee/Apogee 57435/146072 km
Inclination 86.7°
Period 5897.8 min

Astronomy satellite carrying the French Sigma telescope

End of life

Out of service Dec 1998
Cause EOL for Sigma, maybe other experiments are still operational
Decay 25 May 1999


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