Aist 1

Aist 1

Mission type	Technology
Operator	Samara Aerospace University
COSPAR ID	2013-078C
SATCAT no.	39492
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Aist
Manufacturer	Samara Aerospace University TsSKB Progress
Start of mission
Launch date	28 December 2013, 12:30:00 (2013-12-28UTC12:30Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Soyuz-2-1v/Volga
Launch site	Plesetsk 43/4
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	600 kilometres (370 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude	631 kilometres (392 mi)[2]
Inclination	82.42 degrees[2]
Period	96.87 minutes[2]
Epoch	25 January 2015, 03:53:46 UTC[2]

Aist 1 (Russian: Аист 1, meaning Stork 1) is a Russian technology demonstration satellite which was launched in December 2013. Aist 1 is operated by the Samara Aerospace University, who constructed it in partnership with TsSKB Progress. It is the second launched Aist satellite, following Aist 2's April 2013 launch.^[3]

Satellite

Aist1's primary technological mission objectives are demonstrating its systems and bus and investigating how to minimize acceleration caused by microgravitational effects.^[4] It will also measure micrometeoroid and microscopic orbital debris impacts, and test new sensors and techniques designed to study Earth's magnetic field.^[3]

Aist 1 was launched aboard the maiden flight of TsSKB Progress' Volga upper stage equipped Soyuz-2-1v carrier rocket, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43^[5][6] at 12:30 UTC on 28 December 2013,^[7] following a series of delays.^[8] The same rocket also deployed two SKRL-756 radar calibration satellites. Aist separated from the upper stage at 14:10 UTC, 100 minutes after liftoff.^[9]

References

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3. Zak, Anatoly. "Aist satellite". RussianSpaceWeb. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
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5. "Войска воздушно-космической обороны провели запуск космического аппарата научного назначения «Аист»". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 28 December 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
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8. "After Series of Delays, Russia Launches New Soyuz Rocket". RIA Novosti. 28 December 2013. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
9. Downes, Nathaniel; Bergin, Chris (28 December 2013). "Russia conduct successful debut launch of Soyuz-2-1v". NASASpaceflight.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.