Spektr Module

Launched on a Russian Proton rocket from the Baikonur launch center in central Asia, Spektr was lofted into orbit on May 20, 1995. The module was berthed at the radial port opposite Kvant 2 after Kristall was moved out of the way. Spektr carries four solar arrays and scientific equipment (including more than 1600 pounds of U.S. equipment).

The focus of scientific study for this module is Earth observation, specifically natural resources and atmosphere. The equipment onboard is supplied by both Russia and the United States.

Scientific equipment on Spektr includes:

Pion, Lira and Buton equipment for atmospheric research.
Faza and Feniks equipment for surface studies.
Astra-2 equipment for atmospheric trace constituent monitoring.
Taurus and Grif equipment for monitoring Mir's induced x-ray and gamma-ray background.

Read about the Mir problems when a Progress supply ship crashed into Spektr.

Module Mass
(Kg) Length
(m) Max. Diameter
(m) Pressurized Volume
(Cubic Meters) No. of Solar Arrays/Area
(Square Meters) Power Output
(KW) Function
Spektr 19,640 13 4.35 61.9 4/35 TBD Geophysical sciences, remote sensing, U.S. payloads