LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon Mar 20 2000

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Dumsat

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(6:28 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(6:28 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(6:28 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Soyuz-U-PVB

Description:

A Russian orbital launch vehicle. A version of the Soyuz-U with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the upper stage avionics compartment.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Test Flight
Dumsat (Dummy Satellite) consisted of a mass dummy representing the mass properties of two Cluster satellites fixed to the Fregat upper stage.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

31/6