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Sterkh

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Dedicated COSPAS-SARSAT search-and-rescue satellite. Total mass 170 kg, including 55 kg payload.

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Sina 1 Technology satellite built by NPO Polyot, Iran. Launched 2005. Used the Sterkh bus bus.
Orbcomm FM37 - FM41 (Orbcomm Q1 - Q6, Orbcomm Quick Launch) Null
Orbcomm-CDS 3 (Orbcomm J1, Orbcomm FM29) Null
Sterkh 1, 2 Communications (COSPAS-SARSAT) satellite built by PO Polyot, Russia. Launched 2009. Used the Sterkh Bus bus.

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06:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC132/1. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

Sinah-1 - . Mass: 160 kg (350 lb). Nation: Iran. Agency: AKO Polyot. Class: Surveillance. Type: Civilian surveillance satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 28893 . COSPAR: 2005-043D. Apogee: 705 km (438 mi). Perigee: 682 km (423 mi). Inclination: 98.20 deg. Period: 98.60 min.
First Iranian satellite, with an experimental surveillance camera payload. It may have used the Russian Polyot enterprise's Sterkh satellite bus. The same bus was to be used in future Nadezhda satellites. The Strekh bus was said to accomodate 80-100 kg satellites, and be 1.0 m high and 0.4 m in diameter, with a design life of 5 years. Sinah was 160 kg, and 0.8 x 1.3 x 1.6 m in dimensions. Or it may have been a version of the previously-announced satellite dubbed Mesbah-2.

06:36 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar LC107/1. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

Orbcomm FM 38 - . Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: Orbcomm. Program: Orbcomm. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 33060 . COSPAR: 2008-031A. Apogee: 672 km (417 mi). Perigee: 660 km (410 mi). Inclination: 48.50 deg. Period: 98.10 min.

Orbcomm FM 41 - . Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: Orbcomm. Program: Orbcomm. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 33061 . COSPAR: 2008-031B. Apogee: 672 km (417 mi). Perigee: 661 km (410 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 98.10 min.

Orbcomm FM 39 - . Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: Orbcomm. Program: Orbcomm. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 33063 . COSPAR: 2008-031D. Apogee: 672 km (417 mi). Perigee: 661 km (410 mi). Inclination: 48.40 deg. Period: 98.10 min.

Orbcomm FM 37 - . Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: Orbcomm. Program: Orbcomm. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 33064 . COSPAR: 2008-031E. Apogee: 672 km (417 mi). Perigee: 661 km (410 mi). Inclination: 48.50 deg. Period: 98.10 min.

Orbcomm FM 40 - . Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: USA. Agency: Orbcomm. Program: Orbcomm. Class: Communications. Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 33065 . COSPAR: 2008-031F. Apogee: 672 km (417 mi). Perigee: 661 km (410 mi). Inclination: 48.50 deg. Period: 98.10 min.

03:57 GMT - . Launch Site: Plesetsk. Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC132/1. LV Family: R-14. Launch Vehicle: Kosmos 11K65M.

Sterkh - . Mass: 160 kg (350 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: KVR. Class: Communications. Type: Search and rescue satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 35636 . COSPAR: 2009-039B. Apogee: 944 km (586 mi). Perigee: 917 km (569 mi). Inclination: 83.00 deg. Period: 103.60 min. First Sterkh search-and-rescue satellite. Russia moved the COSPAS-SARSAT search and rescue system previously installed on Nadezhda navigation satellites to a dedicated platform..

15:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-2-1B.

Sterkh 12L - . Mass: 160 kg (350 lb). Nation: Russia. Class: Surveillance. Type: Search and rescue satellite. Spacecraft: Sterkh. USAF Sat Cat: 35866 . COSPAR: 2009-049B. Apogee: 818 km (508 mi). Perigee: 814 km (505 mi). Inclination: 98.54 deg. Period: 101.22 min. Second dedicated Sterkh search-and-rescue satellite..