Gorizont
ISS Reshetnev
Gorizont is a communications and broadcasting satellite developed by ISS Reshetnev, first launched in 1978.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 2,120 kg
- Design life
- 3 years
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- ADCS type
- active
- EPS power
- 1300 W
- Mass
- 2120 kg
- Lifetime
- 3 years
- Orbit
- GEO
- Orbit height
- 36000 km
- Launch vehicle
- Proton-K carrier rocket and DM upper stage
- Cosmodromes
- Baikonur
- First launch date
- 19 December 1978
About
The Gorizont satellite is a communications and broadcasting spacecraft developed by ISS Reshetnev. It features an active Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) and has an Electrical Power System (EPS) power of 1300 W. The satellite has a mass of 2120 kg and is designed for a lifetime of 3 years. It operates in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) at an orbit height of 36000 km. The Gorizont satellite was launched using a Proton-K carrier rocket and a DM upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, with its first launch occurring on December 19, 1978.
Documentation
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