NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Tubsat-N & N1

Launch Time
Tue Jul 07, 1998 03:15 UTC

First flight of Shtil'. First orbital flight from a submarine. Shtil becomes the second orbital launcher to be launched from the sea, after Scout.

Rocket

Shtil'
SRC
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 807 kN
Payload to LEO: 220 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 14.8 m
Fairing Diameter: 0.5 m
Fairing Height: 1.0 m

Mission Details

Tubsat-N & N1

Tubsat-N and Tubsat-N1 are satellites of the Technical University of Berlin (Technischen Universität Berlin) for telecommunications and the study of migrations of certain polar animals.

Tubsat-N has a mass of 8.5kg and Tubsat-N1 has a mass of 3kg. Both satellites have the shape of rectangular parallelepipeds of 32cm x 32cm side. Tubsat-N has a height of 10.4 cm, and Tubsat-N1 has a height of 3.4 cm.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 12.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

K-407 Submarine, Barents Sea Launch Area, Barents Sea

Stats

1998

43rd orbital launch attempt

State Rocket Center

1st mission
2nd mission of 1998
1st successful mission

Shtil'

1st mission
1st mission of 1998
1st successful mission