Spektr-RG
TelescopeSatellite carrying two X-ray telescopes, eROSITA and ART-XC, each with seven mirror modules.
- Launch mass
- 2,712 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,352 kg
- Size
- 6 m × 4 m, span 10 m
- Power
- Solar
- Built by
- Lavochkin
- Designator
- 2019-040A
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- Launched
- 13 Jul 201912:30:57 UTC
- Active for
- 7 years 4 months
- Destinations
- Sun–Earth L2
A Russian-German X-ray observatory at the Sun–Earth L2 point, built to survey the whole sky. The German eROSITA telescope was switched to safe mode in February 2022; the Russian ART-XC telescope continues to observe.
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Spacecraft
Active
Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.