Launch vehicle
Dnepr 1
- Recorded launches
- 22
- First flight
- 1999-04-21
Historical mission record
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
Four small satellites were launched atop the Dnepr launch vehicle : MegSat 1, UniSat 1, TiungSat 1 as well as SaudiSat 1a and 1b. MegSat 1 is the second MegSat satellite. It is a LEO communications satellite. UniSat 1 is an Italian satellite developed and operated by GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome). TiungSAT-1 or MySat (Malaysian Satellite) is the first microsatellite for the Astronautic Technology (M) SDN. BHD. Company (ATSB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Saudisat-1a and Saudisat-1b (Saudi Arabian Satellite) are the first Saudi Arabian micro satellites.
- Launch vehicle
- Dnepr 1
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- 109/95
- Provider
- ISC Kosmotras
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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