Eurockot Launch ServicesRokot/Briz-KM133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
SimSat 1 & 2
Launched
May 16, 2000
Image: ESA/Stephane Corvaja
Summary
SimSat 1 & 2 launched on an Eurockot Launch Services Rokot/Briz-KM from 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on May 16, 2000. It was Eurockot Launch Services's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,395th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Rokot/Briz-KM flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). IKA-1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 551 × 565 km orbit inclined 86.4°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Rokot/Briz-KM · Eurockot Launch Services
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Rokot/Briz-KM flightEurockot Launch Services's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,395th orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
IKA-1 · NORAD 26365 · 2000-026 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SIMSAT 1
- Object ID
- 2000-026A
- Epoch
- 2000-05-16 11:23:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.0523093 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010484
- Inclination
- 86.394°
- Ascending node
- 36.1841°
- Arg. of perigee
- 10.916°
- Mean anomaly
- 349.1501°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- IKA-1 · NORAD 26365 · in orbit
- IKA-2 · NORAD 26366 · in orbit
Briz-KM No. 72501 · re-entered June 21, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The SimSat (Simulated Satellite) payloads were dynamic mass models representing Iridium satellites. They were used on the first Rokot-KM launch to test the dynamics of the Iridium launch dispenser and the new Briz-KM upper stage.
Pad
133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
129th launch from 133/3 (133L), 1st this year · 1,507th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
159 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
about 6 years after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SimSat 1 & 2 launch?
SimSat 1 & 2 launched on May 16, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SimSat 1 & 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SimSat 1 & 2?
Rokot/Briz-KM, flown by Eurockot Launch Services. Rokot/Briz-KM spec sheet
Where did SimSat 1 & 2 launch from?
133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did SimSat 1 & 2 reach?
IKA-1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 551 × 565 km orbit inclined 86.4°.
How many satellites did SimSat 1 & 2 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).