Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Gonets D1-3 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Russia |
Operator/Owner |
Gonets Satcom |
Users |
Commercial/Government |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Intermediate |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
1408 |
Apogee (km) |
1417 |
Eccentricity |
0.000578220366206232 |
Inclination (degrees) |
82.6 |
Period (minutes) |
114 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
240 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
120 |
Date of Launch |
18-02-1996 |
Expected Lifetime |
|
Contractor |
NPO PM |
Country of Contractor |
Russia |
Launch Site |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle |
Tsyklon 3 |
COSPAR Number |
1996-009C |
NORAD Number |
23789 |
Comments |
Commercial version of Strela (GRU) military system; store and forward communications satellites; will operate until 2004 or 2005; not a successful commercial venture. |