Universitetsky-Tatyana-2

Universitetsky-Tatyana-2
Mission type Technology
Operator MGU
COSPAR ID 2009-049D
SATCAT no. 35868
Start of mission
Launch date 17 September 2009, 15:55:07 (2009-09-17UTC15:55:07Z) UTC[1]
Rocket Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat
Launch site Baikonur 31/6
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee 820 kilometres (510 mi)
Apogee 827 kilometres (514 mi)
Inclination 98.54 degrees
Period 101.22 minutes
Epoch 6 July 2014, 02:36:45 UTC[2]

Universitetsky-Tatyana-2[3] is a small research and educational satellite mainly developed by Taiwan (National Cheng Kung University and National Central University)[4] and Russia Moscow State University and launched on 17 September 2009 from Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket.[5] 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 is part of an international research and educational youth program of near-Earth space exploration. The mission's objectives are:[6]

See also

References

  1. McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. "TATIANA 2 Satellite details 2009-049D NORAD 35868". N2YO. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. Zak, Anatoly. "Soyuz-2 launch vehicle (14A14)". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  4. ESEMS Program
  5. "Soyuz-2.1b Successfully Lifts Off From Baikonur". Roscosmos. 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  6. "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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