Status
Success
SimSat 1 & 2
Launch Time
Tue May 16, 2000 08:27 UTC
Tue May 16, 2000 08:27 UTC
First launch of Eurockot.
First launch of Rokot from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
First launch of Rokot outside a silo.
Rocket
Mission Details
SimSat 1 & 2
The SimSat (Simulated Satellite) payloads were dynamic mass models representing Iridium satellites. They were used on the first Rokot-KM launch to test the dynamics of the Iridium launch dispenser and the new Briz-KM upper stage.
Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 1,318.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Site 133/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
2000
28th orbital launch attempt
Eurockot Launch Services
1st mission
2nd mission of 2000
1st successful mission
Rokot
4th mission
1st mission of 2000
4th successful mission