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\<COLOUR 1> SATELLITE: \<COLOUR 0> Granat
\<COLOUR 1> TYPE: \<COLOUR 0> Astronomy
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> December 1, 1989
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Central Asia
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH VEHICLE: \<COLOUR 0> Proton
\<COLOUR 1> ORBIT: \<COLOUR 0> 1,957/201,693 km
\<COLOUR 1> SIZE: \<COLOUR 0> Cylinder, 4 metres long, 2.5 metres diameter
\<COLOUR 1> WEIGHT: \<COLOUR 0> 5 tonnes
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USSR/France
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> A gamma-ray observatory carrying seven telescopes.