Kolibri

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Class: Technology. Nation: Russia. Agency: IKI. Manufacturer: IKI.

Kolibri was a joint Russian-Australian educational project to allow school children to monitor low frequency waves and particle fluxes in low orbit. The IKI space science group led the project together with Energia, NPO-M and Polyot. The satellite was equipped with a 2-meter gravity gradient boom and four solar panels. The satellite was ejected into orbit from the Progress M1-7 spacecraft after it had undocked from the International Space Station. in a 385 x 388 km x 51.6 deg orbit.

Mass: 21 kg (46 lb).

Kolibri Chronology

2002 March 19 - Kolibri - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Mass: 21 kg (46 lb). Perigee: 385 km (239 mi). Apogee: 388 km (241 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
NASA/GSFC Orbital Information Group Website, Web Address when accessed: http://oig1.gsfc.nasa.gov/.
Space-Launcher.com, Orbital Report News Agency. Web Address when accessed: http://www.orbireport.com/Log.html.

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