Strela-3
ISS Reshetnev
Strela-3 is a communication and broadcasting satellite developed by ISS Reshetnev, designed for low circular orbit operations.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 225 kg
- Design life
- 1 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
- gravity-magnetic
- EPS power
- 50 W
- Mass
- 225 kg
- Lifetime
- 1 year
- Orbit
- Low circular
- Orbit height
- 1500 km
- Launch vehicle
- Tsiklon-3 carrier rocket
- Cosmodromes
- Plesetsk
- First launch date
- 15 January 1985
About
The Strela-3 satellite is a communication and broadcasting spacecraft manufactured by ISS Reshetnev. It features a gravity-magnetic attitude determination and control system (ADCS) and has an electrical power system (EPS) power of 50 W. With a mass of 225 kg, the satellite is designed for a lifetime of 1 year in a low circular orbit at an altitude of 1500 km. The Strela-3 was launched using a Tsiklon-3 carrier rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, with its first launch date recorded as January 15, 1985.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.