Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
03:01:16
Monday December 26, 1994
First orbital flight of Rokot. Last flight of Rokot from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
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
Anti-satellite satellite.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Manufacturer
KhrunichevRocket
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
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1994
89th
Orbital launch attempt