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| Mission type | Solar research |
|---|---|
| Operator | Roskosmos MEPhI NIIEM |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-003A |
| SATCAT no. | 33504 |
| Mission duration | 3 years planned 10 months achieved[citation needed] |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Meteor-M |
| Launch mass | 1,900 kilograms (4,200 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 30 January 2009, 13:30:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Tsyklon-3 |
| Launch site | Plesetsk 32/2 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned after malfunction |
| Deactivated | 1 December 2009 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 529 kilometres (329 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 559 kilometres (347 mi) |
| Inclination | 82.44 degrees |
| Period | 95.39 minutes |
| Epoch | 2 January 2014, 21:04:43 UTC[1] |
Koronas-Foton (Russian: Коронас-Фотон), also known as CORONAS-Photon (Complex Orbital Observations Near-Earth of Activity of the Sun-Photon),[2] was a Russian solar research satellite. It was the third satellite in the Russian Coronas programme, and part of the international Living With a Star programme.[3] It was launched on 30 January 2009, from Site 32/2 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, aboard the final flight of the Tsyklon-3 rocket. On 1 December 2009 all scientific instruments on the satellite were turned off due to the problems with power supply that were caused by a design flaw.[4][5] On 18 April 2010 the creators of the satellite announced it was lost "with a good deal of certainty".[6][7]
- ^ Peat, Chris (2 January 2014). "KORONAS-FOTON - Orbit". Heavens Above. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Koronas-Foton (Coronas Photon)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
- ^ ""CORONAS-PHOTON" Project". Astrophysics Institute. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
- ^ Спутник "Коронас-Фотон" не работает из-за проблем с питанием [Coronas-Foton satellite doesn't work due to the problems with the power supply] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2009-12-11.
- ^ "Коронас-Фотон" сломался из-за переоценки ресурса аккумуляторов [Coronas-Foton broke down because battery resource was underestimated] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2010-01-11.
- ^ КОРОНАС-ФОТОН, по-видимому, умер Archived 2010-04-22 at the Wayback Machine [Coronas-Foton is apparently dead] (in Russian). Official press release of the Laboratory of X-Ray Astronomy of the Sun of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Солнце не смогло оживить научный спутник "Коронас-Фотон" [The Sun couldn't revive the Coronas-Foton scientific satellite] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 2010-04-19.