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Magion 1
Czechoslovak scientific satellite. Magion 1 was launched on October 24, 1978 aboard a Kosmos 11K65M from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 11, 1981).
COSPAR 1978-099CNORAD 11110Czechoslovakia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Magion
- Common name
- Magion 1
- Payload designation
- S2
- International designator
- 1978-099C
- NORAD catalog number
- 11110
- GCAT identifier
- S11110
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/022
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Magion
- Owner
- Ceskoslovensko
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Builder
- Geophysical Inst. of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- Platform (bus)
- Magion-1
Launch
- Date
- October 24, 1978 · 19:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1978-099Success
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC132/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 402 km
- Apogee
- 759 km
- Inclination
- 82.95°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 11, 1981
- Last known active
- Sep 11, 1981
- End of operations
- Sep 11, 1981
Size
- Mass
- 15 kg
- Dry mass
- 15 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q23832741 (CC0).