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Class: Materials. Destination: Space Station Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM.

Launched from Salyut 7 airlock. Conduct of experiments in the field of amateur radio communications.

Typical orbit: 343 km x 351 km at 52 degrees inclination. Mass: 28 kg (61 lb).

Iskra Chronology

1981 July 10 - Iskra - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Perigee: 618 km (384 mi). Apogee: 645 km (400 mi). Inclination: 97.70 deg. Period: 97.34 min.
Conduct of scientific experiments to study diffusion and heat processes in weightlessness.

1982 April 19 - Iskra 2 - Program: Salyut 7. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC200/40. Launch Vehicle: Proton. Mass: 28 kg (61 lb). Perigee: 336 km (208 mi). Apogee: 345 km (214 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.
Deployed from Salyut 7 5/17/82. Launched from Salyut 7. Experiments in amateur radio communications. Launched into orbit from aboard the Salyut-7 orbital scientific station.

1982 November 18 - Iskra 3 - Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Salyut 7 EO-1. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC200/40. Launch Vehicle: Proton. Perigee: 349 km (216 mi). Apogee: 356 km (221 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.60 min.
Launched from Salyut 7 airlock. Conduct of experiments in the field of amateur radiocommunications.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
Kaesmann, Ferdinand, et. al., Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, "Proton - Development of A Russian Launch Vehicle", 1998, Volume 51, page 3.
Vladimirov, A, Novosti kosmonavtiki, "Tablitsa zapuskov RN 'Proton' i 'Proton K'", 1998, Issue 10, page 25.

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