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Gonets-D1M 1

Communications satellite. Gonets-D1M 1 was launched on December 21, 2005 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2005-048BNORAD 28909Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT
Gonets-M No. 11L
Common name
Gonets-D1M 1
Payload designation
Gonets-M No. 11L (M001)
International designator
2005-048B
NORAD catalog number
28909
GCAT identifier
S28909
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/488

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Commercial
Program
Gonets-M
Owner
Gonets
Country
Russia
Builder
NPO Applied Mechanics
Platform (bus)
Strela-3

Launch

Date
December 21, 2005 · 19:34 UTC
Launch record
2005-048Success
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC132/1

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
1,437 km
Apogee
1,447 km
Inclination
82.47°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
Jan 31, 2010
End of operations
2010

Size

Mass
280 kg
Dry mass
280 kg
Length
1.6 m
Diameter
0.80 m
Span
7.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17297133 (CC0).