Gonets
Sign in to saveGonets (Russian Гонец, for Messenger) is a Russian civilian low Earth orbit communications satellite system. It consists of a number of satellites, derived from Strela military communications satellites. The first two satellites, which were used to test and validate the system, were launched by a Tsyklon-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 13 July 1992, and were designated Gonets-D. The first operational satellites, designated Gonets-D1, were launched on 19 February 1996. After launch, the first three satellites were given military Kosmos designations, a practice which was not con
Key facts
- Spacecraft class.name
- Gonets
- Spacecraft class.image
- File:Gonets-M-Salon-du-Bourget-2013-DSC 0043.jpg
- Spacecraft class.caption
- A Gonets-M satellite at Salon du Bourget in 2013
- Spacecraft class.manufacturer
- NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki
- Spacecraft class.country
- Russia
- Spacecraft class.bus
- Gonets
- Spacecraft class.applications
- Communications
- Spacecraft class.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spacecraft class.orbits
- Low Earth orbit
- Spacecraft class.operator
- Gonets SatCom (1996–present)Roscosmos (1992–1996)
- Spacecraft class.lifetime
- 5 years (planned)
- Spacecraft class.derivedfrom
- Strela
- Spacecraft class.status
- Active
- Spacecraft class.mass
- 233 to 280 kg
- Spacecraft class.power
- 40 watts from solar panels
- Spacecraft class.batteries
- Nickel-hydrogen
- Spacecraft class.equipment
- UHF transponders (B-band / D-band)Data rate up to 64 kbit/s
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Gonets (Russian Гонец, for Messenger) is a Russian civilian low Earth orbit communications satellite system. It consists of a number of satellites, derived from Strela military communications satellites. The first two satellites, which were used to test and validate the system, were launched by a Tsyklon-3 launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 13 July 1992, and were designated Gonets-D. The first operational satellites, designated Gonets-D1, were launched on 19 February 1996. After launch, the first three satellites were given military Kosmos designations, a practice which was not continued with the other satellites.
Ten operational satellites and two demonstration spacecraft have been placed in orbit. A further three were lost in a launch failure on 27 December 2000. A new series of modernised Gonets satellites, Gonets-D1M, supplement and replace the satellites which are currently in orbit. A single first D1M satellite was launched by a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle on 21 December 2005. A second Gonets-D1M satellite was launched by a Rokot launch vehicle on 8 September 2010.