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Tsiklon
3 Launches Koronas F
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A Tsiklon 3
successfully launched Koronas F from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome,
LC32, at 0800 UTC on July 31. The satellite was placed in a 500 km
(270 nmi) circular heliocentric orbit, with an 85.2 degree
inclination.
The scientific goal of Koronas F is to
conduct complex research of the powerful dynamic processes of the
solar activity (active regions, flares, mass ejections) in the
broad range of spectrum from radio to gamma rays, study solar
cosmic rays accelerated in the solar active phenomena as well as
conditions for their release, propagation into the IMF and
influence on the Earth's magnetosphere. Helioseismology of the Sun
interior is also among the main research targets.
The CORONAS Project was designed
with the provision for three consecutive launches of the similar
spacecraft, the Orbiting Solar Observatory. The three stages of
the Project where named Koronas I, Koronas F and Photon. The first of the
three satellites, Koronas I,
was successfully launched on March 2, 1994 from the Plesetsk
Cosmodrome.
Countries
taking part in the international project Koronas F include Russia,
Ukraine, Georgia, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, France, United
Kingdom, USA. The lead institute is Russia's IZMIRAN (Institute of
Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio wave Propagation).
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