Seja (satellite)
| Seja | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Test and communication satellite |
| Country: |
 Russia
|
| COSPAR-ID : | 1997-010A |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 87 kg |
| Begin: | March 4, 1997, 02:00 UTC |
| Starting place: | Svobodny |
| Launcher: | begin |
| Flight duration: | 2 years, 7 months, 21 days |
| Status: | burned up |
| Orbit data | |
| Orbit inclination : | 97.27 ° |
| Apogee height : | 499 km |
| Perigee height : | 471 km (after the start) |
Seja ( Russian Зея , English Zeya ) was a Russian military satellite .
Structure and Mission
The satellite with a launch mass of 87 kg was launched on March 4, 1997 in Svobodny on the third flight of a converted SS-25 . In addition to researching navigation and control technology, it also served as an amateur radio satellite RS -16. The equipment consisted of communications technology, a GPS and GLONASS receiver and a laser - retroreflector arrangement. It was built by the Russian manufacturer ISS Reshetnev . Its name was chosen after the river Seja near the launch site.
His re-entry took place on October 25, 1999.
Web links
- Зея ( Memento from December 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the manufacturer's website (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zeya in NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed December 26, 2014 (English).
- ↑ a b NASA: Zeya General Information , accessed December 25, 2014
- ^ Brian Harvey: The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program: 50 Years After Sputnik, New Frontiers . Springer Science & Business Media, 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-71354-0 , p. 355 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).