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Interball Auroral Probe
Satellite. Interball Auroral Probe was launched on August 29, 1996 aboard a Molniya 8K78M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1996-050CNORAD 24293Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Interbol-2
- Common name
- Interball Auroral Probe
- Payload designation
- SO-M2 No. 2513
- Other names
- Avroral'niy Zond
- International designator
- 1996-050C
- NORAD catalog number
- 24293
- GCAT identifier
- S24293
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/320
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- SO-M
- Owner
- IKI
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- NPO Lavochkin
- Platform (bus)
- SO-M
Launch
- Date
- August 29, 1996 · 05:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-050Success
- Rocket
- Molniya 8K78M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- HEO
- Perigee
- 771 km
- Apogee
- 19,207 km
- Inclination
- 62.79°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 1, 1999
- End of operations
- Feb 1, 1999
Size
- Mass
- 1,302 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,302 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 6.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q12814716 (CC0).