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 Cosmos
1909-1914, 1988-002A-F - A multiple launch of an Tsyklon from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on the the 15th January 1988
put six spacecraft into a 1415km orbit inclined at 82.6 degrees, The spacecraft form part
of the military constellation for the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense (MO RF). The
spacecraft use the STRELA-3 bus, weigh 231kg each and are designed for a five year
lifetime by NPO Applied Mechanics (NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki of Krasnoyarsk, Russia). The
spacecraft will provide military services of data transfer and photo reconnoissance in the
Locsyst communications system.
- San Marco-D,
1988-026A
- San Marco-D, an Italian 236kg mini-satellite was launched on the 25th March 1988on a
Scout from the San Marco platform, into a 263x615km orbit inclined at 3 degrees. The
spacecraft was employed in upper atmosphere investigations. It decayed on the 6th December
1988.
- AO-13 (Phase 3C), 1988
051B
- An AMSAT 139kg mini-satellite, launched on the 15th June 1988 11:19:01 GMT on ARIANE V22
with METEOSAT-3 and PANAMSAT-1 into GTO (240x35768km, 7deg) and finally into a 2314x
35768km at 57.4 degrees orbit using an orbit adjust unit with 1465m/s capacity. The
satellite supported amateur satellite communications, with S-band, UHF and VHF downlinks,
and L-band and VHF receivers. The RUDAK digital regenerative communications payload never
worked in orbit, and the UHF downlink failed after 5 years, however when it burned up into
the atmosphere on the 5th December 1996, the spacecraft was otherwise still largely
operational.
- NOVA 3, 1988
052A
- Launched on the 16th June 1988 on a Scout launcher from WSMC. The 174kg spacecraft was
placed into a 1150x1199km orbit inclined at 90 degree, and is employed for navigation
purposes.
 SRS2 (Rohini)- Launch failure on the 13th July 1988 of the ASLV rocket from Sriharikota, Bengal Bay.
The 150kg spacecraft carried a German/Indian Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner.
- OFEQ-1, 1988-087A
- OFEQ-1 (Horizon-1) was launched on the 19th September 1988 on the first Shavit launch
from Yavne in Israel. The 155kg spacecraft was ploaced into a 250x1150km orbit inclined at
142.9deg. It was possibly a precursor to subsequent surveillance misions in the same
series.
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