The Yarilo-2 spacecraft is a constellation of four nanosatellites designed to study solar activity and radiation conditions in low-Earth orbit.
Name of Satellite | Yarilo-2 |
Purpose | Space Science |
Contractor | Bauman Moscow State Technical University |
Country of Contractor | Russia |
Class of Orbit | LEO |
Perigee (km) | 552 |
Date of Launch | 28.09.2020 |
Launch Site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome |
Launch Vehicle | Soyuz-2.1b |
COSPAR Number | 2020-068F |
NORAD Number | 46491 |
Yarilo-1 and Yarilo-2 Space Science Satellite of Cubesat 1.5U format were launched on 28 September 2020. The peculiarity of the mission is the presence on the satellites of an experimental unfolding structure of the ‘Solar Sail’ type, designed to orbit the satellites and build a constellation. The vehicles were developed by students, postgraduates and young specialists of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.