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Nadezhda-M
Nadezhda
Nadezhda-M is a hybrid version of the Nadezhda space craft series, which still uses the KAUR-1 bus of the earlier versions, but features the new onboard search and rescue transponder, RK-SM. Follow-on RK-SM units will use Sterkh, the new microsatellite bus developed in Omsk.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Navigation / SAR Transponder |
| Operator: | |
| Contractors: | NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki (NPO PM) |
| Equipment: | RK-SM |
| Configuration: | KAUR-1 |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 825 kg |
| Orbit: | 987 km × 1022 km, 82.9° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda 7 (Nadezhda-M #1, COSPAS 10) | 2002-046A | 26.09.2002 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M |
Further Tsikada / Nadezhda missions:
