SimSat 1 & 2
Rokot / Briz-KM
Eurockot Launch Services
Mission
SimSat 1 & 2
Type: Test Flight
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.
Trajectory
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Location
133/3 (133L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1662 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Agency
Eurockot Launch Services – ELS
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: ELS
- Country: FRA,RUS
Eurockot Launch Services GmbH is a commercial spacecraft launch provider and was founded in 1995. Eurockot uses an expendable launch vehicle called the Rockot to place satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). Eurockot is jointly owned by ArianeGroup, which holds 51 percent, and by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds 49 percent. Eurockot launches from dedicated launch facilities at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
