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Karat
Russian small spacecraft bus for scientific payloads developed for the Russian Academy of Sciences by Lavochkin. Authorized September 2006; first launch 2012. Cancelled in 2014 as two expensive, but some missions went ahead.
AKA: MKA-FKI. Gross mass: 195 kg (429 lb).
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| Relek Carried magnetosphere instruments. Science, solar cosmic rays, magnetosphere satellite built by Lavochkin, Russia. Launched 2014. Used Karat-Bus. |
2014 July 8 - .
15:58 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Baikonur.
Launch Complex:
Baikonur LC31.
LV Family:
R-7.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-2-1B.
- MKA PN2 (Relek) - .
Mass: 250 kg (550 lb). Nation: Russia.
Spacecraft Bus: Karat.
Spacecraft: Relek.
USAF Sat Cat: 40070 . COSPAR: 2014-037B. Apogee: 821 km (510 mi). Perigee: 622 km (386 mi). Inclination: 98.38 deg. Period: 99.22 min. Carried magnetosphere instruments..
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