29 Jan 1991 11:59 UTC

Informator-1

Success Soviet Union, Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

About this launch

Informator 1 was a prototype communications satellite for the Koskon (Space Conversion) Global Space Communication System to collect and transmit data from several scientific stations with an additional radio amateur hosted payload. It was launched on 29 January 1991 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome by…

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Launch window and padPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Rocket and boosterKosmos-3M (11K65M)

Vehicle: Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

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MissionCommunications · LEO

Communications · LEO

What it put in orbit3 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites

Object	Type	Orbit	Globe
INFORMATOR 1 & RS-14 1991-006A	Payload	955 × 1005 km · 83.0°	Globe
SL-8 R/B 1991-006B	Rocket body	955 × 990 km · 83.0°	Globe
SL-8 DEB 1991-006C	Debris	939 × 972 km · 82.9°	Globe

COSPAR ID 1991-006. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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