Dnepr launched a cluster of six small satellites from Baikonur, including Rubin 2, UniSat 2, SaudiSat 1C, and the LatinSat A/B tracking microsats for SpaceQuest, the first US-built microsatellites flown on a Russian military rocket.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 563 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 22 Dnepr 1 flights
- Date and time
- 20 December 2002, 17:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Dnepr 1
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2002-058
- Launches in 2002
- 61st of 65
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
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