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Iskra 3
Iskra 3 was launched on October 31, 1982 aboard a Soyuz-U from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: transferred to another vehicle (Nov 3, 1982).
COSPAR 1982-033ADNORAD 13663Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Iskra-3
- Common name
- Iskra 3
- Payload designation
- RK-03 (I-6)
- International designator
- 1982-033AD
- NORAD catalog number
- 13663
- GCAT identifier
- S13663
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/076
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Iskra
- Owner
- MAI Moskva
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Moscow Aviation Institute, Student KB Iskra
- Platform (bus)
- Iskra
Launch
- Date
- October 31, 1982 · 11:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1982-107Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 348 km
- Apogee
- 355 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Status
- Transferred to another vehicle
- Status date
- November 3, 1982
- Last known active
- Dec 16, 1982
- End of operations
- Dec 16, 1982
Size
- Mass
- 28 kg
- Dry mass
- 28 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16520970 (CC0).