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Manufacturer's Designation: 1A. Class: Astronomy. Type: X-ray. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Manufacturer: Lavochkin. Astrophysics satellite based on the Venera 4V-2 bus design. Electrophysical research of galactic and extragalactic sources of ultraviolet ray and X-ray emission. The scientific apparatus was built jointly by scientists and specialists from the USSR and France.
Typical orbit: 28386 km x 175948 km at 35 degrees inclination. Mass: 3,250 kg (7,160 lb).
Astron Chronology - 1983 March 23 - Astron - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC200/39. Launch Vehicle: Proton. Mass: 3,250 kg (7,160 lb). Perigee: 28,386 km (17,638 mi). Apogee: 175,948 km (109,328 mi). Inclination: 34.70 deg. Period: 5,931.70 min.
Astrophysics. Electrophysical research of galactic and extragalactic sources of ultraviolet ray and X-ray emission. The scientific apparatus was built jointly by scientists and specialists from the USSR and France.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
- Kaesmann, Ferdinand, et. al., Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, "Proton - Development of A Russian Launch Vehicle", 1998, Volume 51, page 3.
- Vladimirov, A, Novosti kosmonavtiki, "Tablitsa zapuskov RN 'Proton' i 'Proton K'", 1998, Issue 10, page 25.
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