From: RS3A@RK3KP.MSK.RUS.EU
To  : SAT@AMSAT


Moscow. Official report.
 
    December 26, 1994 at 03:00 utc was launched Radio Amateurs satellite RS-15
from Baykonur space center. RS-15 launched by vehicle "Rokot". "Rokot" is
made on base of rocketry boosters (1st and 2nd stages) of missile well known
as SS-19 and new booster "Briz" (3th stage).
 
    Satellite is spherical like unit about 1 meter diameter and his weight
is approximately 70 kg. (used the same trunk as on RS-3 - RS-8). On the board
exist transponder, two radiobeacons, CW - broadcast bulletin board (2kb),
remote control system and telemetry system. The satellite have not orientation
and stabilization systems. 
 
    All electronics onboard equipment was designed and realized by group of
radio amateurs from Kaluga town (180 km s-w from Moscow) under leaderships of
Aleksander Papkov. Common coordinations and supervisions to carry out by public
organization NILAKT POSTO (aero-cosmic laboratory), Moscow, director Valentin
Yamnikov. Full controls of RS-15 as RS-10/11 and RS-12/13 implemented by RS3A
controls station at Moscow (head Leonid Maksakov).
 
RS-15 transponder bandplan and data:
 
Uplink:    145.858 - 145.898 MHz (from Earth to Sat.) - aprox. 100 Watts IERP
Downlink:   29.354 -  29.394 MHz (from Sat. to Earth) - up to 5 Watts
Beacon 1:   29.352.5 MHz  - 0.4/1.2 Watts
Beacon 2:   29.398.7 MHz  - 0.4/1.2 Watts
 
RS-15 Orbital data:
 
Orbit number:                 3
Apogee:                       2165 km.
Perigee:                      1885 km.
Period:                     127.45 min.
Inclination:                 64.59 deg.
Time of ascent node:       8:56:17 utc
Longitude of ascent node:    54.243 deg. West.
 
    More information about RS-15 will be given after complete testing all
systems. Please send your reports and comments to controls station (RS3A):
 
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