Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Spektr-R/RadioAstron |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Multinational |
Operator/Owner |
Astro Space Center of Moscow/Russian Academy of Sciences |
Users |
Government |
Purpose |
Astrophysics |
Class of Orbit |
Elliptical |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
1000 |
Apogee (km) |
330000 |
Eccentricity |
0.957118752545529 |
Inclination (degrees) |
51.46 |
Period (minutes) |
8 days |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3660 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
|
Date of Launch |
18-07-2011 |
Expected Lifetime |
5+ yrs. |
Contractor |
Lavochkin |
Country of Contractor |
Russia |
Launch Site |
Baikonur Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Zenit 3SLBF/Fregat SB |
COSPAR Number |
2011-037A |
NORAD Number |
37755 |
Comments |
Featuring a 30-foot (10-meter) wide antenna, "The aim is to use the space telescope to conduct interferometer observations to obtain images, coordinates, motions and evolution of angular structure of different radio emitting objects in the universe." |