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Pion
 Pion-NKS Credit: Manufacturer Image |
Russian earth atmosphere satellite. Deployed from Resurs F1, which carried two passive separable "Pion" probes to investigate upper atmospheric density.
Status: Operational 1989. First Launch: 1989-05-25. Last Launch: 1992-08-19. Number: 6 . Gross mass: 67 kg (147 lb).
Family: Atmosphere sat,
Earth,
Surveillance orbit.
Country: Russia.
Launch Vehicles: R-7,
Soyuz-U,
Soyuz-U-PVB.
Launch Sites: Plesetsk,
Plesetsk LC43/3,
Plesetsk LC16/2.
Agency: MOM,
Kozlov bureau.
More at: 6779.
Bibliography: 2,
276,
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1989 May 25 - .
08:50 GMT - .
Launch Site: Plesetsk.
Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC43/3.
LV Family: R-7.
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.
1989 July 18 - .
09:44 GMT - .
Launch Site: Plesetsk.
Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC16/2.
LV Family: R-7.
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.
- Pion - .
Payload: Pion-3. Mass: 67 kg (147 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Spacecraft Bus: Pion.
Spacecraft: Pion.
Decay Date: 1989-09-19 . USAF Sat Cat: 20160 . COSPAR: 1989-055C. Apogee: 271 km (168 mi). Perigee: 254 km (157 mi). Inclination: 82.5000 deg. Period: 89.76 min.
1992 August 19 - .
10:20 GMT - .
Launch Site: Plesetsk.
Launch Complex: Plesetsk LC16/2.
LV Family: R-7.
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U-PVB.
- Pion 2 - .
Payload: Pion-Germes-2. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Class: Earth.
Type: Atmosphere satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Pion.
Spacecraft: Pion.
Decay Date: 1992-09-24 . USAF Sat Cat: 22100 . COSPAR: 1992-056D. Apogee: 229 km (142 mi). Perigee: 218 km (135 mi). Inclination: 82.6000 deg. Period: 89.00 min. Deployed from Resurs F16; examined how upper atmosphere affects spacecraft reentries. .
- Pion 1 - .
Payload: Pion-Germes-1. Mass: 50 kg (110 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Class: Earth.
Type: Atmosphere satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Pion.
Spacecraft: Pion.
Decay Date: 1992-09-25 . USAF Sat Cat: 22099 . COSPAR: 1992-056C. Apogee: 229 km (142 mi). Perigee: 219 km (136 mi). Inclination: 82.6000 deg. Period: 89.00 min. Deployed from Resurs F16; examined how upper atmosphere affects spacecraft reentries. .
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