Radio-ROSTO & Naryad-V

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

03:01:16

Monday December 26, 1994

Mission Details

Launch Notes

First orbital flight of Rokot. Last flight of Rokot from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Radio-ROSTO

Radio-ROSTO, also known as RS 15, was a small amateur radio satellite launched on the maiden orbital flight of the Rokot-K booster. The satellite was constructed using a surplus Strela-1M satellite. The payload was the BRTK-11 electronic billboard (RS 15) for use by amateur radio operators. The transponders worked at an uplink frequency band of 145.857-145.897 MHz and a downlink frequency band of 29.357-29.397 MHz with an output power of 5 W. Radio-ROSTO was a precursor mission to a proposed constellation of six Radio-M spacecraft, which were eventually not realized. After 21 years in orbit the solar cells still power the beacon when in sunlight.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

72 kilograms

Naryad-V

Anti-satellite satellite.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Retired
Rokot/Briz K

Active 1990 to 1994

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Rocket

Height: 25.5m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,500 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,875 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.5m

Height: 3m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Site 175/58

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

1,101 days

Stats

Rokot


3rd

Mission

1st

Mission of 1994

1994


89th

Orbital launch attempt