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Revision as of 07:48, 24 August 2013
Template:Infobox Spacecraft Gonets (Russian Гонец, Messenger) is a Russian civilian low Earth orbit communication satellite system. It consists of a number of satellites, derived from Strela military communication satellites. The first two satellites, which were used to test and validate the system, were launched by a Tsyklon-3 carrier rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 13 July 1992,[1] and were designated Gonets-D.[2] The first operational satellites, designated Gonets-D1, were launched on 19 February 1996.[2] After launch, the first three satellites were given military Kosmos designations, a practice which was not continued with the other satellites.[1]
Ten operational satellites and two demonstration spacecraft have been placed in orbit. A further three were lost in a launch failure on 27 December 2000. A new series of modernised Gonets satellites, Gonets-D1M, will supplement and eventually replace the satellites which are currently in orbit. A single first D1M satellite was launched by a Kosmos-3M rocket on 21 December 2005.[3] A second D1M satellite was launched by a Rokot carrier rocket on 8 September 2010.[3]
Gonets was originally a Russian Federal Space Agency programme, however in 1996 it was privatised, and it is now organised by Gonets SatCom.[4]
On 2013 the system consists of 5 satellites (3 Gonets-M and 2 Gonets-D1). In the second half of 2013 is planned launch of 3 Gonets-M satellites.
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b Wade, Mark. "Strela". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ a b Krebs, Gunter. "Gonets". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ a b Krebs, Gunter. "Gonets-M". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
- ^ "Leosat system "Gonets"". Gonets SatCom. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-11.