Iskra
Mir ejects payload
Credit - RKK Energia
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). Associated Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K, Vostok 8A92M.


Iskra Chronology
  • 1981 July 10 - Iskra - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M. 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 Vehicle: Proton 8K82K. 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 Vehicle: Proton 8K82K. 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 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.
  • 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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