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Radio Sputnik 1

Fromer amateur radio satellite. Radio Sputnik 1 was launched on October 26, 1978 aboard a Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 1978-100BNORAD 11085Soviet Union

Identity

Name in GCAT
Radio RS-1
Common name
Radio Sputnik 1
Payload designation
RS-1
International designator
1978-100B
NORAD catalog number
11085
GCAT identifier
S11085
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/017

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Defense
Program
Radio RS
Owner
MAI Moskva
Country
Soviet Union
Builder
Moscow Power Engineering Institute
Platform (bus)
RS

Launch

Date
October 26, 1978 · 07:00 UTC
Launch record
1978-100Success
Rocket
Tsiklon-3
Spaceport
Plesetsk · pad LC32/2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
1,685 km
Apogee
1,707 km
Inclination
82.54°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
1990
End of operations
1993

Size

Mass
40 kg
Dry mass
40 kg
Length
0.3 m
Diameter
0.40 m
Span
1.5 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q60772282 (CC0).