Makeyev Rocket Design BureauShtil'-1Ekaterinburg (K-84), Sea Launch
COMPASS-2
Launched
May 26, 2006
Summary
COMPASS-2 launched on a Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau Shtil'-1 from Ekaterinburg (K-84), Sea Launch on May 26, 2006. It was Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau's 3rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,771st orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Shtil'-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). COMPASS-2, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 413 × 522 km orbit inclined 79.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Shtil'-1 · Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Shtil'-1 flight · 1st this yearMakeyev Rocket Design Bureau's 3rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,771st orbital launch attempt21st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
COMPASS-2 · NORAD 29157 · 2006-019 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2006-019A
- Epoch
- 2006-05-26 23:16:10 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.35098244 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0079571
- Inclination
- 79.0384°
- Ascending node
- 170.2178°
- Arg. of perigee
- 111.4809°
- Mean anomaly
- 249.3821°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 debris, 2 components; none still in orbit
- COMPASS-2 · NORAD 29157 · re-entered December 28, 2011
- Shtil'-1 Nose Cone · NORAD 29159 · re-entered November 14, 2014
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The COMPASS-2 or DragSail-Cubesat cubesat project is conducted at the Fachhochschule Aachen for educational purposes and technology demonstration. COMPASS-2 is an universal experimental satellite bus, providing the subsystems for the payloads such as electric power, data storage and handling, attitude control and communication. The center 1U module contains the satellite's avionics, while the two outer 1U payload boxes offer companies and universities an easy way to test and validate their experiments in space.
Pad
Ekaterinburg (K-84), Sea Launch
1st launch from Ekaterinburg (K-84), 1st this year · 23rd from Sea Launch
1 launches from this pad · 40 from Sea Launch
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did COMPASS-2 launch?
COMPASS-2 launched on May 26, 2006. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch COMPASS-2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched COMPASS-2?
Shtil'-1, flown by Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. Shtil'-1 spec sheet
Where did COMPASS-2 launch from?
Ekaterinburg (K-84), Sea Launch.
What orbit did COMPASS-2 reach?
COMPASS-2, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 413 × 522 km orbit inclined 79.0°.
How many satellites did COMPASS-2 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).