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1998 · Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau

Tubsat-N & N1

successShtil'-1 | Tubsat-N & N1

TUBSAT-N and Tubsat-N1 are two nanosatellites, which were launched on the 7th of July 1998 as a satellite cluster from a submarine with a russian Shtil-1 rocket in the Barents Sea. All systems are working well and the satellites are in a excellent overall condition. The satellites were separated in orbit via telecommand. Both satellites were developed at the Technical University of Berlin and the complete project was financed by DLR.

Overview

Date / time
July 7, 1998 at 03:15 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Novomoskovsk (K-407)
Mission
Tubsat-N & N1
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Shtil'-1 →
Launch provider
Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau →

Payloads deployed · 2

TUBSAT N
LEO
TUBSAT N1
LEO