Sunday, August 6, 2006

Interbol 2

 1996-050B


Interbol-2, the Avroral'niy Zond (Auroral Probe) or Prognoz-12, was launched on 1996 Aug 29 by Molniya-M from Plesetsk. It used spacecraft SO-M2 No. 513. It was placed in a 500 x 20000 km x 65 deg orbit.

Mass of the 2BL was 902 kg dry; Interbol-2/Magion-5 was 1369 kg. (Int-2 wsa 1302 kg, S2-A Magion 68 kg). Interbol-2 carried experiments on auroral plasma, hot plasma, waves and fields, energetic particles, auroral optical emission, and technology experiments.


Interbol-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 Aug 29  0522:00  Launch by 8K78M  PL LC43/3 
 0524:00  T+2:00 Strapons sep 
 0524:46  GO sep 
 0526:49  T+4:49 Blok A MECO 
 0526:52  T+4:52 Blok A sep 
 0530:55  T+8:55 Blok I MECO 
 0530:58  T+8:58 Blok-I sep 
 0531:01  T+9:01 Mu-sat sep 
 0627:31  T+1:05:31 BOZ burn 
 0627:51  T+1:05:51 2BL engine (11D33) on 
 0628:12  T+1:06:12 BOZ sep 
 0630:49  T+1:08:49 2BL MECO 
 0630:57  T+1:08:57 2BL sep 
 0938  Magion 5 sep 
1996 Oct 31    347.32 772 x 19205 x 62.8 
1998 Apr 15   Depressurization of satellite 
1999?   end of operations 
2006 Aug 3    347.24 1716 x 18257 x 64.0 

Payload:

  • SKA-3 Electrons and protons 0.03-5 keV, distribution function and anisotropy of e, p, ions (IKI)

  • ION Ion spectra and anisotropy (France/Russia)

  • PROMICS-3 Ion composition and energy dist. (IKI/Finland)

  • Hyperboloid Composition and 3D distribution of ions (France/IKI)

  • KM-7 Temperature of hot electrons (Czech UFA-Praha/Smilauer,Afonin)

  • Al'fa-3 Ion flux in hot plasma (IKI)

  • IMAP-3 Three axis magnetometer (Bulgaria/IZMIRAN)

  • IESP-2M Electrostatic waves and ultra-freq in 0.1-30 GHz (France/IKI)

  • POLRAD Kilometric auroral radiation (Poland/IKI)

  • MEMO Multicomponent analyser of electromagnetic waves (France/IKI)

  • NBK-OHCh Electromagnetic waves in 0.02-20 kHz (IZMIRAN/IKI)

  • DOK-2 Energy spectra, angular distribution and time variations of electrons and ions (Slovakia)

  • RON Control of KA potential with help of two ion N2+, In+ (ESA/IKI)

  • UVAI Auroral imager in UV band 1400-1600A (Calgary/IKI); successor to Viking V5.

  • UVSIPS UV Emission lines of oxygen (IKI/Bulgaria)

  • RD-1M Dosimeter (IMBP)

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