Informator-1

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Informator-1
Radio Sputnik 14
AMSAT-OSCAR 21
Type: Communications
satellite amateur radio satellite
Country: Soviet Union
COSPAR-ID : 1991-006A
Mission dates
Dimensions: 600 kg
Begin: January 29, 1991
Starting place: Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Orbit data
Rotation time : 1 h 45 min
Orbit inclination : 83 °
Apogee height :  1010 km
Perigee height :  960 km

Informator-1 ( Russian Информатор-1 ) was a communications satellite of the Soviet Ministry of Geology.

The satellite was launched on January 29, 1991 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome . In addition to broadband digital transmission options for the Ministry of Geology, it also had an assembly for the amateur radio service via satellites , which was built by radio amateurs in the Soviet Union and Germany who were involved in the construction of the main payload. For amateur radio purposes, the satellite was known as AMSAT - OSCAR 21 (west) and RS -14 (east). Operation ended on October 12, 1994.

Its COSPAR designation is 1991-006A.

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