Kvant
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Kvant may refer to one of the following.
- Kvant (magazine)
- The Kvant-1Kvant-1Kvant-1 was the second module of the Soviet space station Mir. It was the first addition to the Mir base block and contained scientific instruments for astrophysical observations and materials science experiments....
and Kvant-2Kvant-2Kvant-2 was the third module and second major addition to the Mir space station. Its primary purpose was to deliver new science experiments, better life support systems, and an airlock to Mir. It was launched on November 26, 1989 on a Proton rocket. It docked to Mir on December 6...
modules of the Soviet orbital station MirMirMir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the...
. - Kvant Design Bureau, a Russia spacecraft design bureau http://epizodsspace.testpilot.ru/bibl/ziv/2002/5/kak.html
- Kvant Design Bureau, Ukraine developer of guided missile system KashtanKashtanKashtan is surname of:* Dror Kashtan , Israeli footballer and manager* William Kashtan , general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada- See also :* Kashtan CIWS * Kasztanka* Castanea* Kastania...
, sold to Russia http://www.pakdef.info/forum/archive/index.php/t-428.html - Kvant Plant, plants in Soviet Union, Russia, and other former Soviet republics
- Kvant, Rostov (space technologies) http://enc.ex.ru/cgi-bin/n1firm.pl?lang=1&f=118
- Kvant, Zelenograd (computers) http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/1997/04/01/086.html
- Kvant, Nevinnomyssk
- Kvant, Vanadzor
- Kvant, Novgorod a TV set manufacturer
- Kvant, Krasnoyarsk
- Kvant, Luhansk, Ukraine
- Kvant, Kiev, Ukraine
- Kvant, Moscow, experimental facility of MIFIMiFiMiFi is a line of compact wireless routers produced by Novatel Wireless that act as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots. MiFi stands for 'My Wi-Fi'. The MiFi can be connected to a mobile phone carrier and provide internet access for up to 5 devices...
- Kvant television set
- Kvant a recurring character in detective novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per WahlööSjöwall and WahlööMaj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, a common-law wife and husband team of detective writers from Sweden. Together they conceived and wrote a series of ten novels about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the national police in which the character of Martin Beck was the...
, a simpleton patrolman.