Status
Success
Tubsat-N & N1
Launch Time
Tue Jul 07, 1998 03:15 UTC
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
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