Gonets-M
ISS Reshetnev
Gonets-M is a communication satellite designed for operation in a low circular orbit, providing communication services.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 280 kg
- Power
- 200 W
- Design life
- 5 years
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As published by the supplier
- ADCS type
- gravity-magnetic
- EPS power
- 200 W
- Mass
- 280 kg
- Design life
- 5 years
- Orbit
- Low circular
- Orbit height
- 1500 km
- Launch vehicle
- Rokot carrier rocket and Briz-KM upper stage
- Cosmodromes
- Plesetsk
- First launch date
- 21 December 2005
About
The Gonets-M satellite is a communication spacecraft designed for deployment into a low circular orbit at an altitude of 1500 km. It utilizes a gravity-magnetic attitude determination and control system (ADCS) and has an electrical power system (EPS) providing 200 W. The satellite has a mass of 280 kg and is designed for a lifetime of 5 years. It is launched using a Rokot carrier rocket with a Briz-KM upper stage from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The first launch of a Gonets-M satellite was on December 21, 2005.
Documentation
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