Satellites

Payload

RUBIN-3 & SL-8 R/B

activePayloadLEO

RUBIN-3 & SL-8 R/B is a Germany payload satellite, launched on November 28, 2002 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
November 28, 2002 at 06:07 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Production Corporation Polyot
Mission
AlSat-1

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
730 km
Periapsis
666 km
Inclination
98.46°
Orbital period
98.73 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Germany
Launch mass
1,434 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2002-054C
NORAD catalog №
27561
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Radar cross-section
5.1604 m²
Status
active