Spektr-RG
Artist's impression of the deployed Spektr-RG | |
| Mission type | X-ray astronomy |
|---|---|
| Operator | Russian Space Research Institute, German Aerospace Center |
| COSPAR ID | 2019-040A |
| SATCAT no. | 44432 |
| Website | srg.iki.rssi.ru |
| Mission duration | Planned: 6.5 years Elapsed: 5 years, 11 months, 7 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Navigator |
| Manufacturer | NPO Lavochkin, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics |
| Launch mass | 2,712 kg (5,979 lb) |
| Payload mass | 1,210 kg (2,670 lb) |
| Power | 1.8 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 13 July 2019, 12:31 UTC |
| Rocket | Proton-M |
| Launch site | Baikonur Site 81/24 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun–Earth L2 |
| Regime | Halo orbit |
| Main telescope | |
| Type | eROSITA: Wolter |
| Wavelengths | X-ray |
| Instruments | |
| eROSITA, ART-XC | |
Spektr program | |
Spektr-RG (Russian: Спектр-РГ, Spectrum + Röntgen + Gamma; also called Spectrum-X-Gamma, SRG, SXG) is a Russian–German high-energy astrophysics space observatory which was launched on 13 July 2019. It follows on from the Spektr-R satellite telescope launched in 2011.