Universitetsky 2

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Launch data: Designation  35868 / 09049D Launch date  17 Sep 2009 - 15:55 UT Launch site  B, LC-31/6 Launch vehicle  Soyuz-2-1b / Fregat Mission  Civil: Earth Observation / Science Sun-Synchronous LEO Earth orbit on: Perigee / Apogee  815 x 822 km Eccentricity  4.87E-04 Inclination  98.8 deg Period  101.26 min

Mission details:

• International microsatellite science mission, observe simultaneously TLE and NUV (Near-Ultraviolet) emission profiles in high temporal resolution (ms) in a wide spectrum of 8 bands. The SINP-MSU partners in the project are from Korea and Mexico.
• 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.