Coronas 1

Russia-Ukrain

Spacecraft n°:

Russia-Ukrain satellite n°:

Also called: Intercosmos 26

Launch data:

Designation	23019 / 94014A
Launch date	02 Mar 1994 - 03:24 UT
Launch site	Plesetsk, LC-32/1
Launch vehicle	Tsyklon-3 (#109)
Mission	Scientific:ionosphere,magnetosphere and Sun study
Earth orbit on:
Perigee/Apogee	483/526 km
Inclination	82.5°
Period	94.7 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	NPO Yuzhnoe
Platform	AUOS-SM
Operator	RKA space agency (probably by the IKI science institute)
Mass at launch	kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power

Decay:

Out of service:
Cause:
Descent date:	04 Mar 2001 - 10:34 UT
Lifetime:

Mission details:

The payload was developed by the IZMIRAN institute (Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism in Moscow) and includes the Terek spectroheliometer, the RES-K solar x-ray spectrograph, the Helikon solar gamma ray detector, the SUVR-SP-C ultraviolet radiometer, the DIFOS optical photometer, and other instruments.

Ref.: #3(SD344), #15 - update: 19.04.09