ISC Kosmotras

SmallSat Rideshare

Dnepr 1

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, September 26, 2000 · 10:05 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Dnepr 1

Variant: 1

Launch Pad

109/95

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.951° N, 63.497° E

2

Pad Launches

1162

Location Launches

2

Agency Launches

59

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