Rodnik
Gonets-M [NPO PM] |
Rodnik is probably an improved version of the Strela-3 military communication satellites. The first one was launched on 21.12.2005 on a Kosmos-3M booster together with a Gonets-M satellite, which might represent the civilian version.
| Nation: | Russia |
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| Type / Application: | Military Communication |
| Operator: | VKS |
| Contractors: | NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM) |
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| Mass: | 225 kg |
| Orbit: | 1400 km x 1414 km, 82.6° |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
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| Kosmos 2416 (Rodnik #1) | 21.12.2005 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | with Gonets-M 1 | |
| Kosmos 2452 (Rodnik #2) | 06.07.2009 | Pl LC-133 | Rokot-KM | with Kosmos 2451 (Strela-3 #140), Kosmos 2453 (Strela-3 #141) |
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