Gonets · Payload
GONETS-M 8
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GONETS-M 8 is a Gonets Satcom payload satellite, part of the Gonets constellation, launched on July 3, 2014 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 3, 2014 at 12:43 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Rokot/Briz-KM →
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
- Mission
- Gonets-M18, Gonets-M19, Gonets-M20
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,518 km
- Periapsis
- 1,470 km
- Inclination
- 82.51°
- Orbital period
- 115.85 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Gonets Satcom
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 280 kg
- Power
- 120 W
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Detailed purpose
- Store-and-forward messaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-036A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40061
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Constellation
- Gonets
- Radar cross-section
- 1.7159 m²
- Status
- Operational