Status
Success
Cosmos 2492 and 2493 & AIST-1 1
Sat Dec 28, 2013 12:30 UTC
First flight of Soyuz 2.1v.
First flight of Soyuz 2.1v/Volga.
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 2492
The two russian SKRL-756, also called Cosmos 2492 ans 2493, are radar calibration spheres, which were launched on the maiden flight of the Soyuz-2-1v Volga launch vehicle.
The two spheres were side-mounted on a large cylindrical adaptor, which also carries the Aist-1 1 satellite on top.
Cosmos 2493
The two russian SKRL-756, also called Cosmos 2492 ans 2493, are radar calibration spheres, which were launched on the maiden flight of the Soyuz-2-1v Volga launch vehicle.
The two spheres were side-mounted on a large cylindrical adaptor, which also carries the Aist-1 1 satellite on top.
AIST-1 1
Aist is a russian microsatellite developed by designed by a group of students, postgraduates and scientists of Samara Aerospace University in cooperation with TsSKB-Progress.
The satellite measures the geomagnetic field, test the new small space vehicle bus, test methods to decrease microaccelerations to a minimum level and measure micrometeoroids of natural and artificial origin.