MAGION 2

Launch data: Designation 20281 / 89080B Launch date 28 Sep 1989 Launch site  Pl, LC-32/2 Launch vehicle  Tsyklon-3 (#79) Mission Scientific: magnetosphere study Released from IK-24  3 Oct 1989 Earth orbit: Perigee/Apogee 498/2441 km Inclination 82.6° Period 115.3 min

Magion 2 on top of Intercosmos 24

Magion 2 was released by Intercosmos 24

Mission details:

• MAGION-2 S/C was manufactured as the subsatellite of the ACTIVE S/C (INTERCOSMOS-24) and as the first subsatellite of a series of in- ternational scientific projects ACTIVE, APEX, INTERBALL.
• As opposed to the MAGION-1 this S/C series with weight up to 65 kg has the form of a simmetrical polyhedron, has a set of folding booms for sensors , has digital system of data collection and has a gasjet propulsion en- gine. The scientific goal of the subsatellite of the ACTIVE project was to investigate space structure of physical phenomena which accom- pany plasma injection and to investigate powerful ULF emission into the magnetosphere as in a near (up to 10 km) zone , as well as in middle and far zones of the main S/C on which active injecting devices were mounted.
• MAGION-2 scientific payload:
  • - magnetic fields, 3 components - magnetometer SGR-7;
  • - magnetic field fluctuation measurements, 1 component - magnetometer SGR-6;
  • - wave measurements: 3 components of electric fields, 1 component of magnetic fields and spectrum analizer - KEM-1 wave complex;
  • - measurements of the temperature and density of cold plasma - KM-12 and KR-12 instruments;
  • - lengmure probe - ZL-A-C;
  • - radio spectrometer - PRC-2-C;
  • - measurement of particles - DANI-C, MPC, DOK-A-S, CEA instruments.
• The Czechoslovak Magion-2 satellite was released from the IK-24 magnetospheric research satellite on Oct 3,1989.