Kosmos launches six satellites
Posted: Sat, Sep 27, 2003, 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
A Russian Kosmos booster successfully launched six small satellites early Saturday. The Kosmos-3M lifted off from Plesetsk in northern Russia at 2:12 am EDT (0612 GMT) Saturday and placed its payload of six satellites into low Earth orbit. Included in the payload are three satellites of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation, Bilsat 1, NigeriaSat 1, and UK-DMC, funded by Turkey, Nigeria, and the UK, respectively. The spacecraft will join Algeria's AlSat 1, launched last year, to provide images to aid in disaster recovery efforts worldwide. The Kosmos also launched STSat-1, a South Korean satellite that will be used for space science experiments as well as technology demonstration work. The other two payloads were Russian: a student-built technology demonstration satellite called Mozhayets-4, and a communications payload called Rubin-4 DSI that will remain attached to the Kosmos booster's upper stage. The launch had been scheduled for Friday but was delayed one day because of a problem with a fuel filter on the launch vehicle. The launch had previously been pushed back from late July so that Russia could launch a military payload on another Kosmos booster first.
A Russian Kosmos booster successfully launched six small satellites early Saturday. The Kosmos-3M lifted off from Plesetsk in northern Russia at 2:12 am EDT (0612 GMT) Saturday and placed its payload of six satellites into low Earth orbit. Included in the payload are three satellites of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation, Bilsat 1, NigeriaSat 1, and UK-DMC, funded by Turkey, Nigeria, and the UK, respectively. The spacecraft will join Algeria's AlSat 1, launched last year, to provide images to aid in disaster recovery efforts worldwide. The Kosmos also launched STSat-1, a South Korean satellite that will be used for space science experiments as well as technology demonstration work. The other two payloads were Russian: a student-built technology demonstration satellite called Mozhayets-4, and a communications payload called Rubin-4 DSI that will remain attached to the Kosmos booster's upper stage. The launch had been scheduled for Friday but was delayed one day because of a problem with a fuel filter on the launch vehicle. The launch had previously been pushed back from late July so that Russia could launch a military payload on another Kosmos booster first.
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