Efir

Manufacturer's Designation: 36KS. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Manufacturer: Kozlov.

Science. Adaptation of the Vostok spacecraft.

Typical orbit: 214 x 399 km, 62.7 deg inclinaton. Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U.

Efir Chronology

1984 March 10 - Cosmos 1543 - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Perigee: 214 km (132 mi). Apogee: 401 km (249 mi). Inclination: 62.80 deg. Period: 90.70 min. Duration: 26.00 days.
Scientific mission using spacecraft based on Vostok/Zenit design.

1985 December 27 - Cosmos 1713 - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Mass: 6,300 kg (13,800 lb). Perigee: 215 km (133 mi). Apogee: 397 km (246 mi). Inclination: 62.80 deg. Period: 90.60 min. Duration: 26.00 days.

Bibliography and Further Reading

USAF Satellite Database, USAF Institute of Technology, 1995. Accessed at: ftp://archive.afit.af.mil/pub/space/.

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

Voevodin, Sergey A, VSA072 - Space Apparatus, "Sergey A. Voevodin's Reports", . Accessed at: http://home.attbi.com/~rusaerog/spacecraft.html.

JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Accessed at: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.

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