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Magion 3
Small Czechoslovak scientific satellite. Magion 3 was launched on December 18, 1991 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1991-086ENORAD 21835Czechoslovakia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Magion-3
- Common name
- Magion 3
- Payload designation
- S2-AP
- International designator
- 1991-086E
- NORAD catalog number
- 21835
- GCAT identifier
- S21835
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/251
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Magion
- Owner
- CSFR
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Builder
- Geophysical Inst. of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- Platform (bus)
- Magion
Launch
- Date
- December 18, 1991 · 03:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-086Success
- Rocket
- Tsiklon-3
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC32/2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 437 km
- Apogee
- 3,071 km
- Inclination
- 82.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 9, 1992
- End of operations
- Sep 9, 1992
Size
- Mass
- 52 kg
- Dry mass
- 52 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 Q1567122 (CC0).