LatinSat D
Success
JUN 29200406:30:00 UTCFirst sun-synchronous flight of the Dnepr, a converted R-36M (SS-18) missile, carrying a cluster of eight small satellites for operators across Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. The largest, France's DEMETER, studied the electromagnetic disturbances in the ionosphere thought to precede earthquakes.
LIFTOFF
JUN 29 200406:30:00 UTC
Success
launched fromPad 109/95Baikonur
aboardDneprintoLEO
Payloads · 8
- 01
Demeter
Seismology
- 02
SaudiComsat 1
Communications
- 03
SaudiSat 2
Earth imaging
- 04
LatinSat D (AprizeSat 2)
Communications
- 05
Unisat 3
Technology development
- 06
Amsat Echo
Communications
- 07
SaudiComsat 2
Communications
- 08
LatinSat C (AprizeSat 1)
Communications