Kvant 2
Kvant 2, the first of two expansion modules planned to enlarge the Mir space station complex, arrived at the station on 6 December 1989. The three-section addition, originally called Module D, was launched from Tyuratam on November 26, via a three-stage Proton-K booster. It was originally scheduled to dock on December 2, but was delayed by technical problems. The new module successfully docked at Mir's front axial port. Two days later, a Liappa docking arm re-docked the module at the upper radial port.
A cylinder, it measured 13.73 m long and 4.35 m maximum diameter. Two 26.6-sq-m solar panels provided 6.9 kW of power. The module was divided into a service/cargo section, a payload/equipment section and an airlock permitting easy exit and entrance to Mir during EVAs. Kvant 2 carried an East German multi-spectral remote sensing camera and an Ikar ("Icarus") manned maneuvering unit.
Scientific payloads onbaord were:
Nation: | USSR |
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Type / Application: | Space station |
Operator: | MOM → RKA |
Contractors: | Khrunichev |
Equipment: | see above |
Configuration: | 77K (TKS) based module |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 19565 kg |
Orbit: | 221 km × 335 km, 51.6° (typical) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Kvant 2 (77KSD) | 1989-093A | 26.11.1989 | Ba LC-200/39 | Proton-K | with SPK |