MiR (ex Yubileyniy-2)

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Description:

• Scientific experiments in space (development of the Earth natural resources space monitoring methods, multifunctional nanomaterials, high-temperature superconductors and other intelligent materials use in space

Mission details:

• The Khrunichev Rokot launch vehicle returned to flight on Jul 28, 2012 putting four satellites in low orbit. Cosmos-2481 is a Strela-3M military communications satellite; two Gonets-M satellites are the civilian counterparts of the Strela-3M; and MiR is a small technology satellite.
• MiR, named after spacecraft designer Mikhail Reshetnyov (1924-1996), carries student technology experiments from SibGAU, the Siberian State Aerospace University in Krasnoyarsk.
• The satellites were deployed in a 1483 x 1506 km x 82.5 deg orbit; the Briz upper stage then made a depletion burn to 1164 x 1504 km.