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Dnepr | SmallSat Rideshare

SmallSat Rideshare

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Launch Details

Date: 26 Sept 2000, 10:05 am UTC

Rocket: Dnepr

Provider: ISC Kosmotras

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: 109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

Four small satellites were launched atop the Dnepr launch vehicle : MegSat 1, UniSat 1, TiungSat 1 as well as SaudiSat 1a and 1b. MegSat 1 is the second MegSat satellite. It is a LEO communications satellite. UniSat 1 is an Italian satellite developed and operated by GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome). TiungSAT-1 or MySat (Malaysian Satellite) is the first microsatellite for the Astronautic Technology (M) SDN. BHD. Company (ATSB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Saudisat-1a and Saudisat-1b (Saudi Arabian Satellite) are the first Saudi Arabian micro satellites.