Gonets-M 7

Launch data: Designation  39251 / 13048C Launch date  11 Sept 2013 - 23:23 UT Launch site  Plesetsk, LC-133/3 Launch vehicle  Rokot-KM Mission  Communication, Store-Dump Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  1499 x 1519 km Eccentricity   Inclination  82.5 deg Period  116.0 min

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Description:

• Gonets-M are upgraded versions of the Gonets satellites, a civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. They are operated in the Gonets-D1M constellation. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites.
• After two prototype Gonets satellites the operational satellites were to be deployed in the Gonets-D1 constellation of 12 satellites consisting of 6 satellites in 2 orbital planes between 1996 and 1998. Each satellite had a single simultaneous earth-space and space-earth channel. On-board storage was 12 Mbits of data, with a transmission rate of 2.4 kbit/sec. Attitude control was achieved through gravity-gradient stabilization. The electrical power system, provided by solar cells and nickel-hydrogen batteries, provided an average 40 W for the payload which was designed to operate for five years.

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