NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Gruzomaket

Launch Time
Fri Dec 05, 2003 06:00 UTC

First flight of Strela.

Rocket

Strela
VKS RF
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,870 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,850 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 27.36 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.5 m
Fairing Height: 7.6 m

Mission Details

Gruzomaket

The Gruzomaket (or Kondor-E-GVM) ws a vehicle evaluation payload representing a dynamic model of the Kondor / Kondor-E Earth observation satellite.

The weight spacecraft dummy was injected with the help of the Strela launch vehicle at the orbit with inclination of 67.067 deg, apogee height 458.8 km, perigee height 458 km. The altitude error was not more than 1% (for such altitude, about 5 km) and in inclination the error was not more than 0.05 deg, this value meets operational requirements.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 978.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 175/59, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2003

57th orbital launch attempt

Strela

1st mission
1st mission of 2003
1st successful mission