Dnepr launched Japan's OICETS (Kirari) optical inter-satellite communications testbed and the INDEX (Reimei) auroral-observation microsatellite from Baikonur, along with a symbolic Turkmenistan memorial capsule, into sun-synchronous orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 700 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 22 Dnepr 1 flights
- Date and time
- 23 August 2005, 21:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Dnepr 1
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2005-031
- Launches in 2005
- 34th of 56
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