Sich-1

 1995-046A

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The Okean-Ukraina (Sich, `sickle') satellite was Ukraine's first spacecraft. It was an Okean-O1 class satellite built by KB Yuzhnoe and carried a side looking radar and a microwave radiometer. Sich-1 was launched on 1995 Aug 31 by Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk.

Sich 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1995 Aug 31	0649:59	Launch by Tsiklon-3	PL
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:31 GO sep
		T+4:38 St 2 MECO
		T+4:38 St 2 sep
		T+5:20 S5M burn 1
	0656	T+6:56 S5M MECO1
	0729?	T+39:20 BOZ burn
		T+40:58? S5M burn 2
	0731?	T+41:07? S5M MECO2
	0731?	T+41:37 S5M sep	97.64 623 x 667 x 82.5
1995 Sep 2			97.73 631 x 668 x 82.5

Payload:

• SLR radar

• Microwave radiometer