- three, buildt by students, - Iskra-MAI- 85 [Искра-МАИ-85]
Quote from: Olaf on 06/15/2017 10:15 am- three, buildt by students, - Iskra-MAI- 85 [Искра-МАИ-85]Any relation to DOSAAF-85?
According to Roscosmos there are 72 small satellites (from 1U-cubesat to a satellite with 120kg) on board, including five Russians.The foreign satellites are from USA, Germany, Japan, Canada and Norway.The Russians are- two MKA-N [МКА-Н]- three, buildt by students, - Iskra-MAI- 85 [Искра-МАИ-85] - Mayak [Маяк] - Ecuador UTE-YuZGU [Эквадор UTE-ЮЗГУ]https://www.roscosmos.ru/23665/
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 06/15/2017 10:28 amQuote from: Olaf on 06/15/2017 10:15 am- three, buildt by students, - Iskra-MAI- 85 [Искра-МАИ-85]Any relation to DOSAAF-85?Unlikely, as Iskra-MAI-85 is 3U Cubesat
From Plan of Russian space launches (part 2), updated January 30, 2016:Second quarter Kanopus-V-IK, Zond, Zvezda, Four satellites from SatByul Co. LTD, Two Corvus-BC, AISSat-3, Lemur+, Tyvark, MKA Mayak, МKA-N, Flock-2k Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat-M Baikonur, 31/6Posted by Vladislav Gooba on Seesat-l on January 28, 2016:OT: Some details about Russian amateur Mayak satelliteThe satellite will carry 4x 4-meter metallized membrane reflectors with 95% reflectivity, and its visual magnitude as the satellite tumbles may peak at -10!See his post for more details.
"We fight so hard for dark skies in and around our planet, Nick Howes, an astronomer and former deputy director of the Kielder Observatory in Northumberland, told IFLScience. To see this being potentially ruined by some ridiculous crowdfunded nonsense makes my heart simply despair.
Alex Shaenko, the project leader, told IFLScience previously that it will not be a problem, adding that there are a lot of spacecraft flying in the night sky, some even brighter than Mayak. Thats true to an extent, but a lot of these can be easily tracked and corrected for.
A good question we need to ask is: Do we really need a space mirror?The Soviet Union did plan to build these in order to illuminate cold Siberian cities with less light during the winter, and to improve farm production... So they researched this during 70s and 80s, and implemented the Znamya project in 90s.Apparently the Mayak creators have nothing to do with the original goals of the projects. They just want this as a public stunt. Which in itself is good.The one thing I wonder is... why a space mirror, why not test Solar Sailing?