Shtil'-1 | Tubsat-N & N1

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau (Commercial)
• Rocket: Shtil'-1

Mission

TUBSAT-N and Tubsat-N1 are two nanosatellites, which were launched on the 7th of July 1998 as a satellite cluster from a submarine with a russian Shtil-1 rocket in the Barents Sea. All systems are working well and the satellites are in a excellent overall condition. The satellites were separated in orbit via telecommand. Both satellites were developed at the Technical University of Berlin and the complete project was financed by DLR.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Novomoskovsk (K-407)
• Location: Sea Launch
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