Gonets D1-5

CIS


Spacecraft n°:

Russian spacecraft n°:


Launch data:

Designation:24726 / 97006B
Launch date14 Feb 1997 - 03:47:22 UT
Launch site Plesetsk, LC-32/1
Launch vehicle  Tsyklon-3 (#116)
Mission:Commercial: Communications (Gonets)
Intermediate LEO Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee 1412 x 1423 km
Eccentricity 7,06E-04
Inclination 82.6 deg
Period 114.16 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor  NPO PM
Platform  
Operator Smolensk Satellite (SmolSat)
Mass at launch  225 kg
Dry Mass  kg
Basic shape  
Dimension (m) 
Equipment 
Solar array 
Stabilization  
Propulsion 
DC power  40 W
Design lifetime  Still active

Commercial version of Strela (GRU) military system; store and forward communications satellites; will operate until 2004 or 2005; not a successful commercial venture.
Ref: #7, #15, #226 - update: 01.09.09