This satellite is a GEO-IK
satellite, also known as Musson. Satellites of this type were all launched
by Tsiklon-3 from
Plesetsk. The picture comes
from a publicity brochure for the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The numeric code
for this spacecraft is 11F666 and it is designed by NPO PM in Krasnoyarsk
and built by AKO Polyot in Omsk, the builders of Tsikada, Nadezhda and
Glonass satellites.
Expert satellite spotters were:
Gunter Krebs, John Nolan, Geoffrey Richards, Stefan Wotzlaw
Musson satellites have been
launched since 1981:
| Satellite | Launch date |
|---|---|
| Cosmos 1312 | 30. 9.81 |
| Cosmos 1410 | 29. 9.82 |
| Cosmos 1510 | 24.10.83 |
| Cosmos 1589 | 8. 8.84 |
| Cosmos 1660 | 14. 6.85 |
| Cosmos 1732 | 11. 2.86 |
| Cosmos 1803 | 2.12.86 |
| Cosmos 1823 | 20. 2.87 |
| Cosmos 1950 | 30. 5.88 |
| Cosmos 2037 | 28. 8.89 |
| Cosmos 2088 | 30. 7.90 |
| Cosmos 2226 | 22.12.92 |
| Geo-IK 1 | 29.11.94 |
The orbit of these satellites
is 1490-1505 km at 82.6 degrees or 1480-1526 km at 73.6 degrees inclination.
These satellites transmit
broadband PCM-FM signals on 150.3 MHz and a CW carrier on 400.8 MHz.
In ITU circulars from the early 90's a GEO-IK-2 was mentioned. It was supposed to use an orbit at 99.4 degrees inclination at 1000-1200 km altitude and having the following transmitters on board:
