Satellites

Payload

RUBIN-4 & SL-8 R/B

activePayloadLEO

RUBIN-4 & SL-8 R/B is a Germany payload satellite, launched on September 27, 2003 into LEO.

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Launch

Launch date
September 27, 2003 at 06:11 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Operator
Production Corporation Polyot
Mission
Mozhaets-4

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
672 km
Periapsis
653 km
Inclination
98.39°
Orbital period
97.99 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Germany
Launch mass
1,479 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2003-042B
NORAD catalog №
27940
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
GermanyGermany
Radar cross-section
6.4331 m²
Status
active