Coronas I

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General

Designation	23019 / 94014A
Launch date	2 Mar 1994 at 03:24 UT
Country of origin	Russia-Ukraine
Mission	Scientific: ionosphere, magnetosphere and Sun study
Operator	RKA space agency (probably by the IKI science institute)
Perigee/Apogee	483/526 km
Inclination	82.5°
Period	94.7 min
Launch vehicle	Cyclone 3 #109

The payload was developed by the IZMIRAN institute (Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism in Moscow) and includes the Terek spectroheliometer, the RES-K solar x-ray spectrograph, the Helikon solar gamma ray detector, the SUVR-SP-C ultraviolet radiometer, the DIFOS optical photometer, and other instruments.

Built by NPO Yuzhnoe, platform: AUOS-SM

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End of life

Decay

4 Mar 2001

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External resources

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