Universitetsky-Tatyana-2

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Universitetsky-Tatyana-2
Mission typeTechnology demonstration; Education
OperatorMGU
COSPAR ID2009-049D
SATCAT no.35868
Mission duration3 months, 30 days
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass98 kg (216 lb)[1]
Start of mission
Launch date17 September 2009, 15:55:07 (2009-09-17UTC15:55:07Z) UTC[2]
RocketSoyuz-2-1b/Fregat
Launch siteBaikonur Site 31/6
End of mission
Last contact16 January 2010 (2010-01-17)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude820 kilometres (510 mi)
Apogee altitude827 kilometres (514 mi)
Inclination98.54 degrees
Period101.22 minutes
Epoch6 July 2014, 02:36:45 UTC[3]
 

Universitetsky-Tatyana-2[4] was a small research and educational satellite mainly developed by Taiwan (National Cheng Kung University and National Central University)[5] and Russia Moscow State University and launched on 17 September 2009 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket.[6] This satellite was equally sponsored by Taiwan and Russia. Along with teamwork supported by Mexico and South Korea, the two Taiwanese institutions particularly contributed satellite computing systems, flight programmes as well as thermotic, magnetic, and digital data processing devices.

Mission objectives[]

The satellite was part of an international research and educational youth program of near-Earth space exploration. The mission's objectives were:[7]

  • Investigating light phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere due to the effect of galaxy cosmic rays and high-energy charged particles;
  • Investigating en-route radiation conditions;
  • Investigating variations of the Earth's gravitational and magnetic fields.

Over the course of its mission, Universitetsky-Tatyana-2 detected over 1000 flashes in the Earth's atmosphere.[1]

End of mission[]

The Universitetsky-Tatyana-2 spacecraft ended operations on 16 January 2010 due to a failure in the attitude control system.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Krebs, Gunter (21 July 2019). "Universitetsky 2 (Tatyana 2, RS 38)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. ^ "TATIANA 2 Satellite details 2009-049D NORAD 35868". N2YO. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Soyuz-2 launch vehicle (14A14)". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  5. ^ "ESEMS Program". NSPO. 2010. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ Clark, Stephen (17 September 2009). "Soyuz rocket launches Russian weather satellite". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ "MAKS-2009: Participants - FSUE "A. G. Iosifian Research and Production Enterprise - All-Russia Research Institute Of Electromechanics With Plant" (VNIIEM)". Roscosmos. 2009-08-12. Archived from the original on August 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-18.

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