29.07.2009, 07:20
Kosmos 3M Successfully Launches Two Russian Satellites
OREANDA-NEWS. July 27, 2009. A Kosmos-3M launcher with a Russia’s military satellite and the Sterkh satellite (as a piggy–bacjk payload) - was launched Plesetsk launch base in Northern Russia.
The lift off was nominal. The both spacecraft was put into target orbit successfully and on schedule, at 9:00 a.m. Moscow Time.
The Kosmos 3M is a light–weight liquid–fuelled two stage Russian rocket. This rocket is manufactured by PO Polyot, the Omsk–based branch of the Khrunichev Space Center.
The Sterkh mini-satellite has been manifactured by PO Polyot. The satellite will upgrade the international search and rescue satellite–aided system (COSPAS-SARSAT).
The lift off was nominal. The both spacecraft was put into target orbit successfully and on schedule, at 9:00 a.m. Moscow Time.
The Kosmos 3M is a light–weight liquid–fuelled two stage Russian rocket. This rocket is manufactured by PO Polyot, the Omsk–based branch of the Khrunichev Space Center.
The Sterkh mini-satellite has been manifactured by PO Polyot. The satellite will upgrade the international search and rescue satellite–aided system (COSPAS-SARSAT).
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