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unmanned USSR spaceprobe

Soviet Mars probe

Soviet Venus space probe

space probe

space probe

space probe

unmanned USSR spaceprobe

Soviet spacecraft

Failed Soviet Mars orbiter

The International Astrophysical Observatory "GRANAT" (usually known as Granat; , lit. pomegranate), was a Soviet (later Russian) space observatory developed in collaboration with France, Denmark and Bulgaria. It was launched on 1 December 1989 aboard a Proton rocket and placed in a highly eccentric four-day orbit, of which three were devoted to observations. It operated for almost nine years.

Series of Soviet scientific research satellites