Tubsat-N & N1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:15:00

Tuesday July 7, 1998

Mission Details

Launch Notes

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

Wiki

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.

Low Earth Orbit

2 Payloads

12 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Shtil'

Active 1998 to 2006

Manufacturer

Makeyev

Rocket

Height: 14.8m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 220 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

807 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 0.5m

Height: 1m

Stages

3

Launch Site

K-407 Submarine

Barents Sea Launch Area, Barents Sea

K-407 Submarine

Barents Sea Launch Area, Barents Sea

Stats

Shtil'

1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 1998

Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau

1st

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1998

1998

43rd

Orbital launch attempt