Date: 16 May 2000, 08:27 am UTC
Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM (Rokot)
Provider: Eurockot Launch Services
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
The SimSat (Simulated Satellite) payloads were dynamic mass models representing Iridium satellites. They were used on the first Rokot-KM launch to test the dynamics of the Iridium launch dispenser and the new Briz-KM upper stage.
