LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Fri Dec 01 1989

Soviet Space Program

Granat

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(8:20 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(8:20 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(8:20 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Proton-K/D-1

Description:

The Proton-K was a Russian, previously Soviet, carrier rocket derived from the earlier Proton. It was built by Khrunichev, and launched from sites 81 and 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Astrophysics
X- and gamma-ray astronomical observatory

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

200/40