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IRIS
IRIS [Lavochkin]
IRIS (Inflatable and Rigidizable Structure) is a technology demonstrator for inflatable and rigidizable structures jointly devloped by NPO Lavochkin and EADS Astrium.
Two deployable panels were mounted on a Fregat upper stage and were deployed after the main and piggy-back payloads of the mission had been deployed.
| Nation: | Russia, Europe |
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| Type / Application: | Inflatable structures technology |
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| Contractors: | NPO Lavochkin, EADS Astrium |
| Equipment: | 2 deployable panels |
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| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Batteries |
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| Orbit: | 490 km × 504 km, 98.8° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRIS | 2009-049C | 17.09.2009 | Ba LC-31/6 | Soyuz-2-1b Fregat | with Meteor-M 1, Sterkh 2, Universitetsky 2, UGATUSAT, Sumbandila, BLITS |
