Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule

Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule
Mission typeMemorial Satellite
Mission duration19 years, 4 months, 22 days
(in orbit)
Start of mission
Launch date23 August 2005
RocketDnepr
Launch siteBaikonur
Orbital parameters
Periapsis altitude597Km
Apoapsis altitude612Km
Inclination97.83°

The Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule is a memorial satellite which was launched in 2005 to a Sun-synchronous orbit by a Ukrainian Dnepr rocket[1]

The capsule is bolted to the Dnepr 3rd stage and it contains a flag of Turkmenistan and the book of Ruhnama.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule". www.astronautix.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  2. ^ ""Turkmenistan Memorial Capsule"". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2021-03-01.


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