Coronas F

Also called AUS-SM-KF

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General

Designation	26873 / 01032A
Launch date	31 Jul 2001
Country of origin	Russia
Mission	Scientific: Sun study
Perigee/Apogee	499/540 km
Inclination	82.5°
Period	94.7 min
Launch vehicle	Cyclone 3 #119

Program lead by Lebedev institute (FIAN).

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End of life

Decay

6 Dec 2005

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External resources

http://www.izmiran.rssi.ru/projects/CORONAS/F/

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	NPO Yuzhnoe
Platform	AUOS-SM
Mass at launch	2260 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Carries X-ray monitors, radio receivers and particle counters. Instruments are:
DIFOS: light intensity fluctuations
SORS: solar radio bursts
ZENIR: coronograph
SUFR: radiometer
VUSS
DIAGENESS: solar flares monitoring
RESIK: X-ray spectrometer
IRIS: X-ray flare monitoring
HELIKON: high enery X-ray and gamma rays capture
SKL: energy measurement
RES-K: X-ray spectroheliograph
RPS: X-ray spectrometer
SPR-N: X-ray polarimeter

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