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Spektr-RG

Also known as Spektr-Rentgen-Gamma, SRG

Roscosmos, DLR · Launched

Explore trajectory

Active · Active

Spektr-RG is an X-ray observatory studying the Universe from a halo orbit around Sun-Earth L2.

Destinations

No celestial-body destination recorded; this extended-scope observatory studies a non-body scientific domain.

Launch vehicle
Proton-M/RB DM-03
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Countries
Russia, Germany
Mission types
Observatory

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Spektr-RG launched

    Earth

  2. Orbit insertion

    Spektr-RG entered its operational Sun-Earth L2 orbit

    The Space Research Institute reports that the spacecraft entered its working orbit around Sun-Earth L2 on this date.

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Spektr-RG · Spacecraft

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: October 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • Spektr-RG: MPE eROSITA EDR/DR1 NPOL orbit states, October 2019–June 2020; source solution gaps retained. · October 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through October 12, 2026