Kompas 2

Complex Orbital Magneto-Plasma Autonomous Small Satellite

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General

Designation	29157 / 06019A
Launch date	26 May 2006
Country of origin	Russia
Mission	Technology: Earthquake forecasts
Perigee/Apogee	402/525 km
Inclination	78.9°
Period	93.9 min
Launch vehicle	Shtil #2

Will enable detection and registration of the anomalous physical phenomena in lithosphere, atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth which accompany catastrophic events such as earthquakes, tropical cyclones, tornados etc., as well as strong magnetic storms.

Built for the Russian Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation (IZMIRAN), which also provided some of the instruments. Other institutes in Hungary, Poland, Russia and Ukraine also contributed to the experiments.

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End of life

Out of service	26 May 2006
Cause	Power problem right after launch, unstabilized attitude.
Decay	28 Dec 2011

Said to have problems right after launch.

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External resources

sat-index articles

http://compass.izmiran.ru/

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Makeev
Platform
Mass at launch	80 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization	Gravity gradient
DC power
Design lifetime

Carries a magnetometer.

Downlink: 137.350 MHz

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