GRANAT
GRANAT was a completed Soviet-led X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy mission launched on 1 December 1989 into a highly eccentric Earth orbit. Its international observatory surveyed energetic sources and transients until transmissions ended on 27 November 1998.
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- Granat missionInternational Astrophysical Observatory1989-096A
- Name
- GRANAT
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- GRANAT was a completed Soviet-led X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy mission launched on 1 December 1989 into a highly eccentric Earth orbit. Its international observatory surveyed energetic sources and transients until transmissions ended on 27 November 1998.
- Destination
- Highly eccentric Earth orbit (approximately 2,000 by 200,000 km)
- End Date
- 1998-11-27
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- Outcome
- GRANAT operated for nearly nine years, conducting pointed observations and an all-sky survey that advanced studies of galactic-center sources, black-hole candidates, gamma-ray bursts, and other high-energy transients.
- Start Date
- 1989-12-01
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 13:20:38 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 13:20:38 UTC
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