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 TUBSAT-N,
1998-042A. - Launched on the 7th July from a Russian nuclear power submarine launched Shtil-1
converted missile. The launch took place at 3:15UTC from a range in the Barents sea at
35.3E, 69.3N, and was reported to have cost in the order of US$100k (1998). The 8kg
TUBSAT-N built by the Technical University of Berlin was placed into a 400x776km orbit
inclined at 78.9 degrees, together with its companion nano-satellite TUBSAT-N1. The
spacecraft are flat box shaped with a solar panel on the largest face, and carries four
Store and Forward transceivers for tracking of vehicles and animals. It also carries a
reaction wheel and star camera. More...
[TUB SSHP]
Pictures... [Submarine][Launch][TUBSAT-N, #1 #2]
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- TUBSAT-N1,
1998-042B.
- The 3kg TUBSAT-N1 is the companion satellite to TUBSAT-N, and was launched on the same
launch. It carries two Store and Forward transponders.
Pictures... [Submarine][Launch][TUBSAT-N, #1 #2]
- Sputnik-41
(aka RS-18), 1998-062C
- A second sputnik was launched from the MIR spacestation into a 313x318 inclined at 51.7
degrees on the 10th November 1998. It was delivered by a Progress-M40 cargo rocket docked
to MIR on the 25th October 1998. The spacecraft transmitted on 145.8145 MHz. It was
financed by the Aeroclub de France, and built by French and Russian students. Sputnik-41's
200mW transmitter broadcasts pre-recorded voice greetings in French, English, and Russian.
The messages say "1998 was the International Year of Air and Space" and
"International Space School Sputnik Program.". A beacon was transmitted every 90
seconds with a tone proportional to the internal temperature. The spacecraft measured
230mm in diameter, and weighed 4kg. It decayed from orbit on the 11th January 1999.
[Sputnik-41 home page]
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