1987-030A
The 37KE ( 37KE) module, named Kvant after launch, was originally intended for Salyut-7. It is also called TsM-E (Special Module E). It was launched attached to a TKS class transport ferry on 1987 Mar 31. The combined vehicle is 377KE (TKM-E). The approach of the TKS to Mir on Apr 5 was aborted when the braking rockets failed, and the spacecraft flew past at a distance of 30m. A second rendezvous on Apr 9 was successful, but the docking failed to achieve a good seal because part of a Mylar trash bag that was intended for the previous Progress had been trapped in the docking cone. A spacewalk was carried out to clear the obstruction and then on Apr 11 the hard dock was complete. The TKS service module (Sluzhebniy Blok) separated from Kvant on Apr 12.
| Kvant (37KE) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Mar 31 | 0006:16 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 0015 | Stage 3 MECO | ||
| 0016:00? | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 171 x 301 x 51.6 | |||
| 1987 Apr 1 | 0500 | 172 x 314 x 51.6 | |
| 1987 Apr 2 | 0530 | 90.94 297 x 345 x 51.6 | |
| 1987 Apr 4 | 296 x 339 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Apr 4 | 2100 | 91.35 309 x 374 x 51.6 | |
| 1987 Apr 5 | Rendezvous with Mir | ||
| Braking rockets fail, 30m flyby | |||
| 2000 | 91.63 345 x 364 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Apr 8 | 91.63 345 x 364 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Apr 9 | 0036 | Soft dock with Mir +X | |
| 1987 Apr 11 | Hard dock | ||
| 1987 Apr 12 | 2018 | Sluzhebniy Blok separated | |
Payload:
- Laboratory section
- Optical sight (camera?)
- Svetlana electrophoretic unit
- Lab section transfer tunnel
- Scientific equipment section
- Rontgen Observatory:
- Pulsar X-1 X-ray spectrometer <800 keV
- TTM Birmingham/Utrecht imaging X-ray telescope
- Sirene 2 ESA GSPC, 2-100 keV
- HEXE 4 phoswich detectors (MPE/Tubingen) scintillator 20-200keV, 750 cm2, FOV 1.6 deg
- Spektr-3 X-ray transient and pulsar studies
- Lilac 2 spectrometer
- Glazar telescope 40cm UV imaging telescope
Developed from the TKS spaceship, 77KE No. 166-01 was a Functional Service Module (F Sluzehbniy Blok) used as a cargo tug to deliver the Kvant module to Mir. After undocking from the Mir/Kvant complex on 1987 Apr 12, it carried out a series of orbit raising maneuvers and was placed in a storage orbit on 1987 Apr 20. It reentered in Aug 1988.
| FSB | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Mar 31 | 0006 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 171 x 301 x 51.6 | |||
| 1987 Apr 1 | 0500 | 172 x 314 x 51.6 | |
| 1987 Apr 2 | 0530 | 90.94 297 x 345 x 51.6 | |
| 1987 Apr 4 | 296 x 339 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Apr 4 | 2100 | 91.35 309 x 374 x 51.6 | |
| 1987 Apr 5 | Rendezvous with Mir | ||
| Braking rockets fail, 30m flyby | |||
| 2000 | 91.63 345 x 364 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Apr 8 | 91.63 345 x 364 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Apr 9 | 0036 | Soft dock with Mir +X | |
| 1987 Apr 11 | Hard dock | ||
| 1987 Apr 12 | 2018 | Sluzhebniy Blok separated | |
| 1987 Apr 13 | 0500 | 91.57 341 x 362 x 51.6 | |
| 1987 Apr 14 | 0500 | 91.56 340 x 363 x 51.6 from 91.58 341 x 362 | |
| 1987 Apr 19 | 2130 | 92.45 362 x 427 x 51.6 from 91.55 340 x 361 | |
| 1987 Apr 20 | 0230 | 92.44 383 x 406 x 51.6 | |
| 1988 Apr 15 | 91.39 338 x 364 x 51.6 | ||
| 1988 Jul 20 | 90.25 290 x 305 x 51.6 | ||
| 1988 Aug 24 | 0230 | 88.11 175 x 190 x 51.6 | |
| 1988 Aug 25 | 0000 | 87.37 140 x 150 x 51.6 | |
| 1035? | Reentered | ||
