Mission type | Sub-millimeter/FarIR |
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Operator | Russian Astro Space Center |
Website | http://millimetron.ru/index.php/en/ |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | NPO Lavochkin |
Payload mass | 6,240 kg (13,757 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2030 (planned)[1] |
Rocket | Angara A5 |
Launch site | Vostochny Site 1A |
Contractor | Roscosmos |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Sun–Earth L2 |
Regime | Halo orbit |
Main telescope | |
Diameter | 10 m (33 ft) |
Wavelengths | 0.02 to 17mm |
Spektr program |
Spektr-M[2] (Russian: Спектр-M) is a proposed Russian scientific satellite with a 10 m (33 ft) sub-millimeter to far infrared space telescope. It is designed to be a successor to the Herschel Space Observatory, covering similar wave bands, and to look into chemical evolution in the universe, black hole horizon radiation, and dark energy investigation.[3] Spacecraft design documentation and prototyping is currently underway and expected to continue until 2023. Due to budget cuts in 2019, launch is not expected until 2030.[4][1]