Koronas I (Coronas I, AUOS-SM-KI) (original) (raw)
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Coronas I
KORONAS-I (or CORONAS-I), a Russian-Ukranian spacecraft, was launched by a Tsiklon-3 booster from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. It carried UV and x-ray instruments to map the Sun and plasma monitors to study the ionosphere and magnetosphere:
- Combined Solar Extreme UV Telescope and Optical Coronograph
- Solar X-Ray Spectrometer
- High Resolution Spectrometer
- X-and Gamma-Ray Spectrometer
- Solar Burst Spectrometer
- Solar Ultraviolet Radiometer
- UV Solar Spectrometer
- White Light Photometer
- Solar and Ionospheric Radiospectrometer
- Energetic Particle Monitor
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Science, solar |
| Operator: | |
| Contractors: | Yuzhnoye |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | AUOS-SM |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 8 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 2160 kg |
| Orbit: | 501 km × 541 km, 82.5� |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koronas I (Coronas I) (AUOS-SM-KI #1) | 1994-014A | 02.03.1994 | Pl LC-32/1 | Tsiklon-3 |