1994-014A
A new generation of AUOS satellites, the AUOS-SM, was introduced by Koronas-I, the first science satellite launched by the Russian Space Agency. KORONAS is an acronym for Kompleksnie Orbital'nie Okolozemnie Nablyudeniya Aktivnosti Solntsa (Near Earth Orbital Complex for Studying Solar Activity). The I stands for IZMIRAN (Institut Zemnovo Magnetizma, Ionosferi i rasprostraneniya radiovoln AN Rossii), the terrestrial magnetism and ionospheric research institute of the Russian Academy Of Sciences. Koronas had the prelaunch designation AUOS-SM-KI-IK ( AUOS-SM-KI-IK) No. 801. The satellite was a 2298 kg 3-axis stabilized cylinder with solar panels. It was 5.0 m high and 2.3m in diameter, with a span of 12.8m once deployed. The satellite achived 40 arcsecond pointing (only 10 arcmin was required).
| Koronas-I | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 Mar 2 | 0325 | Launch by 11K68 Tsiklon-3 | NIIP-53 LC32 |
| 0327:00 | T+2:00 Stage 1 sep (alt 48.1km) | ||
| 0329:37 | T+4:37 Stage 2 sep (alt 147.5 km) | ||
| 0330:20 | T+5:20 S5M burn 1 (alt 170.7 km) | ||
| 0332:04 | S5M MECO1 (alt 193.1 km, in transfer orbit) | 170? x 507 x 82.5 | |
| 0415:00 | S5M burn 2 (alt 506.4 km) | ||
| 0415:09 | S5M MECO2 (alt 507.1 km) | ||
| 0415:39 | S5M sep | 94.78 488 x 528 x 82.5 | |
| 1994 Jul? | lost attitude control | ||
| 1995 Apr | end of ops? | ||
| 2001 Mar | Reentered | ||
Payload:
- Terek Soft XR telescope-coronagraph spectroheliometer
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