Sterkh

Sterkh-2

Russia

Spacecraft n°:

Russia spacecraft n°:

Also called: KOSPAS-12, COSPAS-12

Launch data:

Designation	35866 / 09049B
Launch date	17 Sep 2009 - 15:55 UT
Launch site	B, LC-31/6
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-2-1b / Fregat
Mission	Government: Search-and-rescue
Intermediate LEO Earth orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee	815 x 821 km
Eccentricity	4.17E-04
Inclination	98.8 deg
Period	101.24 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	Polyot (Russia)
Platform
Operator	Russian Space Agency
Mass at launch	171 kg
Dry Mass	55 kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power	330 W
Design lifetime	5 yrs

Decay:

Out of service:	Dec 2011
Cause:

Mission details:

Second COSPAS-SARSAT replacement satellite.
At 1745 UTC, three more satellites were ejected from the adapter truss on Fregat: Sterkh No. 12L, the second dedicated search-and-rescue satellite for the Russian Space Agency; Universitetskiy/Tat'yana-2, a 90 kg space physics research satellite built by students at MGU (Moscow State University); and UGATUSAT, a small 35 kg remote sensing satellite.

Ref.: #7(JR616), #84a, #226 - update: 11.02.12