Zeya
Strela-1M
Class: Earth. Type: Geodetic. Destination: Sun Synchronous Orbit. Nation: Russia. Agency: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. Manufacturer: Reshetnev.

The Zeya satellite was used for navigation and geodesy tests from a sun-synchronous orbit. Also known as Mozhaets, the satellite was designed by students of the Mozhaiskiy military space engineering academy and built at NPO-PM. It used the obsolete Strela-1M satellite bus. It was the payload for the first launch from Russia's Svobodniy cosmodrome.

Typical orbit: 460 km x 472 km at 97 degrees inclination. Associated Launch Vehicle: Start-1.

Zeya Chronology
  • 1997 March 4 - Zeya - Launch Site: Svobodniy. Launch Vehicle: Start-1. Perigee: 460 km (280 mi). Apogee: 472 km (293 mi). Inclination: 97.30 deg. Period: 93.60 min.

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Golotyuk, S, Novosti kosmonavtiki, "Sputnikostroiteli s beregov Yeniseya", No. 10, 1999, p. 64.
  • 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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