Gonets-M 8 (M18)

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Launch data: Designation  40061 / 14036A Launch date  03 Jul 2014 - 12:43 UT Launch site  Plesetsk, LC-133/4 Launch vehicle  Rokot-KM Mission  Communication Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  1472 x 1517 km Eccentricity   Inclination   82.51° Period  115.86 min

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Description:

• GONETS-M 8 is a Gonets M satellite manufactured by ISS Reshetnev. The designated Gonets M satellite number is 18. The Gonets system is commissioned by Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency. The satellites provide communications in remote regions, disaster zones, and assist users in monitoring industrial and research assets. The personal communications messages relayed by the Gonets system are beamed up to a satellite while it is in view of a ground transmitter, then stored in the craft's on-board memory until the satellite passes over the message's recipient.

Mission details:

• Three Gonets-M low Earth orbit message relay satellites were placed in a 1480 x 1510 km x 82.5 deg orbit by a Rokot vehicle on Jul 3, 2014. The Briz-KM stage (serial number 72522) made a depletion burn to 1162 x 1505 km.

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