still observing, at 2.1±0.5mK, and upper limits on the quadrupole of 0.2mK. It also detected brighter-than-expected Galactic plane emission from compact HII regions. A reanalysis of the data by Strukov et al. in 1992 found a quadrupole between and at 90% confidence level, and also reported a negative anomaly at l=150°, b=-70° at a 99% confidence level, Another reanalysis of the data by Klypin, Stukov and Skulachev in 1992 found a dipole of 3.15±0.12mK, with a direction of 11h17m±10m and -7.5°±2.5°. It placed a limit on the CMB quadrupole of with a 95% confidence level, assuming a Harrison-Zeldovich spectrum, or without assuming a model. The results were close to those measured by the Cosmic Background Explorer and the Tenerife Experiment. RELIKT-2 The second RELIKT satellite would have been launched in mid-1993. It would have had five channels to observe at 21.7 (13.8), 24.5 (8.7), 59.0 (5.1), 83.0 (3.6) and 193 GHz (1.6mm), using degenerated paramps. It would have had corrugated horns to give a resolution of 7°, and a more distant orbit to avoid contamination from the Moon and Sun, with a mission duration around 2 years, to give a better sensitivity than COBE. It would have been cooled to 100K. It was constructed, and was undergoing tests in 1992. It would have been launched as the Libris satellite on a Molniya rocket. The launch was put back to 1996, with expanded plans to observe with 1.5-3° resolution from two spacecraft in 1995, but ultimately never took place because of the Soviet Union's break-up and lack of funding. A RELIKT-3 was also planned, which would have observed at 34–90 GHz with a resolution around 1°. References 1983 in spaceflight 1983 in the Soviet Union Cosmic microwave background experiments Space telescopes Soviet space observatories Spacecraft launched in 1983