Simsat
Spacecraft · Russia
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Russian technology satellite. 660 kg dummy satellite for vehicle evaluation. Launched 2000.
More at: Simsat.
Related
- Family
- Technology, Technology satellite
- Country
- Russia
- Launch Sites
- Plesetsk, Plesetsk LC133/1
- Agency
- Chelomei bureau, Eurockot
Chronology
1 event
2000 May 16
08:27 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC133/1. Launch Pad: LC133/pad?. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: Rokot.- Simsat-1 - .
Mass: 657 kg (1,448 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: Eurockot.
Manufacturer: Chelomei bureau.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: Simsat.
USAF Sat Cat: 26365 . COSPAR: 2000-026A. Apogee: 562 km (350 mi). Perigee: 543 km (337 mi). Inclination: 86.37 deg. Period: 95.62 min.
First Rokot flight from Plesetsk, using a launch pad originally used for Kosmos rockets. The two-stage modified UR-100NUTTKh ICBM, delivered a Briz-KM upper stage to a suborbital trajectory. The first Briz burn was to an approximately 200 x 550 km transfer orbit; the second burn circularized at apogee. It placed two 660 kg dummy satellites in orbits similar to the parking orbit was used for the defunct Iridium program. The Briz-KM stage then made a third burn to lower its perigee to a 178 x 556 km x 86.4 deg disposal orbit.
- Simsat-2 - . Mass: 657 kg (1,448 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: Eurockot. Manufacturer: Chelomei bureau. Class: Technology. Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: Simsat. USAF Sat Cat: 26366 . COSPAR: 2000-026B. Apogee: 557 km (346 mi). Perigee: 545 km (339 mi). Inclination: 86.37 deg. Period: 95.59 min.