NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STSAT 1 & Others

Launch Time
Sat Sep 27, 2003 06:11 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
VKS RF
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 32.42 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

STSAT 1

The STSAT-1 (Science and Technology SATellite-1), formerly known as KAISTSat 4 (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Satellite 4), program aims to develop a high performance small satellite bus, high performance scientific payload design and research on space science and develop advanced technology for future space missions.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 100.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Bilsat 1

The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) is a novel international co-operation in space, led by SSTL bringing together organisations from seven countries: Algeria, China, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. The DMC Consortium is forming the first-ever microsatellite constellation bringing remarkable Earth observation capabilities both nationally to the individual satellite owners, and internationally to benefit world-wide humanitarian aid efforts.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 130.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

NigeriaSat 1

NigeriaSat 1 is the Nigerian contribution to the international Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) project. It is an earth observing microsatellite built by SSTL on the Microsat-100 platform. It features a 32-meter resolution imager in 3 spectral bands.

The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) is a novel international co-operation in space, led by SSTL bringing together organizations from seven countries: Algeria, China, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. The DMC Consortium is forming the first-ever microsatellite constellation bringing remarkable Earth observation capabilities both nationally to the individual satellite owners, and internationally to benefit world-wide humanitarian aid efforts.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 100.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

BNSCSat

BNSCSat (British National Space Centre Satellite) or UK-DMC 1 is the UK component of DMC. The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) is a novel international co-operation in space, led by SSTL bringing together organisations from seven countries: Algeria, China, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. The DMC Consortium is forming the first-ever microsatellite constellation bringing remarkable Earth observation capabilities both nationally to the individual satellite owners, and internationally to benefit world-wide humanitarian aid efforts.

UK-DMC hosts a high capacity 1-Gbyte solid data recorder, a micropropulsion experiment that will qualify an ultra-low cost system for future nanosatellites and a GPS reflectometry payload to look for reflections of GPS signals from the sea surface.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 100.0 kg
Near Polar Earth Orbit

Mozhayets-4

Mozhayets 4 (RS 22) was a training satellite built by the Mozhaisky military academy. It also tested components to be used in upgraded GLONASS satellites.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 64.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Larets

Larets is a small geodesy and calibration satellite launched for IPIE.

It is a 21 cm sphere with 60 laser retro-reflectors, very similar to the german GFZ 1 satellite. Larets is designed to address scientific and applied problems in the interests of geodesy and geodynamics. The LARETS mission is a next stage in low-target-error laser satellite design optimization, started with the WESTPAC mission.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 21.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Rubin 4-DSI

The orbital telematics experiment Rubin-4-DSI is located on the upper stage of the Kosmos-3M and transmits information on the rocket's acceleration, vibration load and position. Rubin will transmit this information to earth via e-mail using the Orbcomm satellite communications system. In this way, it will be possible to track the rocket in orbit reliably and without any data loss.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2003

43rd orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

465th mission
3rd mission of 2003
436th successful mission
8th consecutive successful mission