Aist 1 Explained

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Aist 1
Mission Type:Technology
Operator:Samara Aerospace University
Cospar Id:2013-078C
Satcat:39492
Spacecraft Type:Aist
Manufacturer:Samara Aerospace University
TsSKB Progress
Launch Date: UTC[1]
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-2-1v/Volga
Launch Site:Plesetsk 43/4
Orbit Epoch:25 January 2015, 03:53:46 UTC[2]
Orbit Reference:Geocentric
Orbit Regime:Low Earth
Orbit Periapsis:600km (400miles)
Orbit Apoapsis:631km (392miles)
Orbit Inclination:82.42 degrees
Orbit Period:96.87 minutes
Apsis:gee

Aist 1 (Russian: Аист 1, meaning Stork 1) is a Russian technology demonstration satellite which was launched in December 2013. Aist 1 is operated by the Samara Aerospace University, who constructed it in partnership with TsSKB Progress. It is the second launched Aist satellite, following Aist 2's April 2013 launch.[3]

Satellite

Aist1's primary technological mission objectives are demonstrating its systems and bus and investigating how to minimize acceleration caused by microgravitational effects.[4] It will also measure micrometeoroid and microscopic orbital debris impacts, and test new sensors and techniques designed to study Earth's magnetic field.[3]

Aist 1 was launched aboard the maiden flight of TsSKB Progress' Volga upper stage equipped Soyuz-2-1v carrier rocket, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43[5] [6] at 12:30 UTC on 28 December 2013,[7] following a series of delays.[8] The same rocket also deployed two SKRL-756 radar calibration satellites. Aist separated from the upper stage at 14:10 UTC, 100 minutes after liftoff.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Launch Log. Jonathan. McDowell. Jonathan's Space Page. 25 May 2014. 24 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191024062352/http://planet4589.org/space/log/launchlog.txt. live.
  2. Web site: AIST 1 Satellite details 2013-078C NORAD 39492. N2YO. 25 January 2015. 25 January 2015. 2 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140702101018/http://n2yo.com/satellite/?s=39492. live.
  3. Web site: Aist satellite . Anatoly . Zak . RussianSpaceWeb . 28 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230045011/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/aist.html . 30 December 2013 .
  4. Web site: Aist 1, 2 (147KS). Gunter. Krebs. Gunter's Space Page. 28 December 2013. 26 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131226043705/http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/aist.htm. live.
  5. Web site: Войска воздушно-космической обороны провели запуск космического аппарата научного назначения Аист. Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 28 December 2013. 28 December 2013. 31 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131231002127/http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=11883242@egNews. live.
  6. Web site: Russia launches new Soyuz rocket. Reuters. 28 December 2013. 28 December 2013.
  7. Web site: No.693 draft. Jonathan's Space Report. 28 December 2013. Jonathan. McDowell. 5 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705133729/https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html. live.
  8. Web site: After Series of Delays, Russia Launches New Soyuz Rocket. RIA Novosti. 28 December 2013. 28 December 2013. 29 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140829191839/http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131228/186021089/After-Series-of-Delays-Russia-Launches-New-Soyuz-Rocket.html. live.
  9. Web site: Russia conduct successful debut launch of Soyuz-2-1v. Nathaniel. Downes. Chris. Bergin. NASASpaceflight.com. 28 December 2013. 28 December 2013. 27 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227011542/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/12/russia-debut-soyuz-2-1v-plesetsk/. live.

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