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Magion 2
Small Czechoslovak scientific satellite. Magion 2 was launched on September 28, 1989 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1989-080BNORAD 20281Czechoslovakia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Magion-2
- Common name
- Magion 2
- Payload designation
- S2-AK
- International designator
- 1989-080B
- NORAD catalog number
- 20281
- GCAT identifier
- S20281
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/213
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
Launch
- Date
- September 28, 1989 · 00:04 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-080Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 499 km
- Apogee
- 2,490 km
- Inclination
- 82.60°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 20, 1990
- End of operations
- Nov 20, 1990
Size
- Mass
- 65 kg
- Dry mass
- 65 kg
- Length
- 0.9 m
- Diameter
- 0.60 m
- Span
- 2.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1567121 (CC0).