Sich-1
Sign in to saveSich-1 was the first Ukrainian Earth observation satellite and was launched on 31 August 1995 at 06:49:59 UTC by Ukrainian Tsyklon-3 rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. It operated until 2001.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- Sich-1
- Spaceflight.image
- Stamp of Ukraine s117.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 165px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Earth observation
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 1995-046A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 23657
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_type
- Okean-O1
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Yuzhmash
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Tsyklon-3
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Plesetsk 32/2
- Spaceflight.deactivated
- 2001
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 21 August 1995, 02:49:59 UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth
- Spaceflight.orbit_eccentricity
- 0.0022
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 82.3 degrees
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 98.7 minutes
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Sich-1 was the first Ukrainian Earth observation satellite and was launched on 31 August 1995 at 06:49:59 UTC by Ukrainian Tsyklon-3 rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. It operated until 2001.
In this launch also was launched the first satellite of Chile, FASat-Alfa, that failed to deattach from Sich-1. Nevertheless this was the first attempt to Chile to reach to space
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sich-1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.