FAISAT

Class: Communications. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: Final Analysis Inc.

Store/forward communications.

Typical orbit: 951 km x 1010 km at 83 degrees inclination. Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

FAISAT Chronology

1995 January 24 - FAISAT - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M. Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Perigee: 966 km (600 mi). Apogee: 1,021 km (634 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 105.00 min.
Store/forward communications.

1997 September 23 - FAISAT-2V - Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M. Perigee: 937 km (582 mi). Apogee: 997 km (619 mi). Inclination: 82.90 deg. Period: 104.40 min.

Bibliography and Further Reading

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.

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Essential internet newsletter recording worldwide weekly space events. Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.

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

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