ISC KosmotrasDnepr 1109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
SmallSat Rideshare
Launched
September 26, 2000
Image: DLR
Summary
SmallSat Rideshare launched on an ISC Kosmotras Dnepr 1 from 109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan on September 26, 2000. It was ISC Kosmotras's 2nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,426th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Dnepr 1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Malaysia-OSCAR-46, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 642 × 650 km orbit inclined 64.6°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Dnepr 1 · ISC Kosmotras
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Dnepr 1 flight · 1st this yearISC Kosmotras's 2nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,426th orbital launch attempt59th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Malaysia-OSCAR-46 · NORAD 26545 · 2000-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SAUDISAT 1A
- Object ID
- 2000-057A
- Epoch
- 2000-09-26 16:23:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.76996697 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005931
- Inclination
- 64.5587°
- Ascending node
- 190.8719°
- Arg. of perigee
- 17.9696°
- Mean anomaly
- 342.1559°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- 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
7 catalogued: 5 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 6 still in orbit
- Malaysia-OSCAR-46 · NORAD 26545 · in orbit
- Megsat-1 · NORAD 26546 · in orbit
- Unisat · NORAD 26547 · in orbit
- Saudi-OSCAR-41 · NORAD 26548 · in orbit
- Saudi-OSCAR-42 · NORAD 26549 · in orbit
Dnepr 02 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Four small satellites were launched atop the Dnepr launch vehicle : MegSat 1, UniSat 1, TiungSat 1 as well as SaudiSat 1a and 1b. MegSat 1 is the second MegSat satellite. It is a LEO communications satellite. UniSat 1 is an Italian satellite developed and operated by GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome). TiungSAT-1 or MySat (Malaysian Satellite) is the first microsatellite for the Astronautic Technology (M) SDN. BHD. Company (ATSB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Saudisat-1a and Saudisat-1b (Saudi Arabian Satellite) are the first Saudi Arabian micro satellites.
Pad
109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
2nd launch from 109/95, 1st this year · 1,162nd from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
12 launches from this pad · 1,565 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
524 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SmallSat Rideshare launch?
SmallSat Rideshare launched on September 26, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SmallSat Rideshare?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SmallSat Rideshare?
Dnepr 1, flown by ISC Kosmotras. Dnepr 1 spec sheet
Where did SmallSat Rideshare launch from?
109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.
What orbit did SmallSat Rideshare reach?
Malaysia-OSCAR-46, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 642 × 650 km orbit inclined 64.6°.
How many satellites did SmallSat Rideshare launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).