DX 1

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Launch data: Designation  40071 / 14037C Launch date  08 Jul 2014 - 15:58 UT Launch site  Baik, LC-31/6 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-2-1b Fregat-M Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  623 x 636 km Eccentricity   Inclination   98.38° Period  97.31 min

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Description:

• DX1 was designed and built by the Russian private company Dauria Aerospace, which touts the satellite as the first spacecraft financed, designed and assembled in Russia by a private company.
• DX-1 was developed as an experimental sattellite , to test the equipment, technology and software to create a unified platform of small spacecraft. This platform will enable the company to create a new generation of satellites for various purposes with minimal rework for specific functions. The satellite carries an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver for supervising ship traffic.

Mission details:

• On Jul 8 2014 at 1558 UTC Russia launched a Soyuz-2-1B with a Fregat upper stage. The Blok-I stage entered a 183 x 198 km orbit; the Fregat then maneuvered to 191 x 813 km and 818 x 828 km x 98.8 deg, where it deployed the Meteor-M No. 2 weather satellite in an 0900LTDN SSO.
• The Fregat then restarted at 1736 UTC to enter a 638 x 825 km orbit, ejected a payload adapter frame and the Relek (MKA-FKI) satellite which will study relativistic electrons in the magnetosphere. A further burn to 635 x 635 km was followed by deployment at 1828 to 1832 UTC of the TDS-1, SkySat-2, DX-1, AISSat-2, and UKube-1 satellites.

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