Spektr-M
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 | VostochnySite 1A |
Contractor | Roscosmos |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Sun–EarthL2 |
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 farinfraredspace telescope. It is designed to be a successor to theHerschel Space Observatory,covering similar wave bands, and to look into chemical evolution in the universe,black holehorizon radiation, anddark energyinvestigation.[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]
Overview[edit]
The purpose of this mission is to study the universe in millimeter to far infra-red wavelengths. The Herschel mission did a similar job with a smaller dish of 3.5 m (11 ft), and this is a follow-up mission. The instruments are to be cooled withliquid heliumto 4.5K for part of the mission, but sun shields will allow it to continue in a degraded mode once the coolant evaporates.
It will be placed in ahalo orbitaround theSun–EarthL2Lagrangian point.[5]
References[edit]
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