Intercosmos 26とは 意味・読み方・使い方

Intercosmos 26 was launched on March 2, 1994, to conduct comprehensive investigations of the Sun under the Coronas-I international project. CORONAS is short for Complex ORbital Observations Near-Earth of Activity of the Sun. The cooperative project involved specialists from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, France, and the United Kingdom. The rocket used was a Tsyklon-3 (R-36 11K68) launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 32 (LC-32) by the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA). The satellite had a mass of 2,160 kg. Orbital characteristics were perigee 501 km, apogee 541 km, inclination 82.5°. The orbital period was 94.7 min. Alternate designations are AUOS-SM-KI, Koronas-I, 23019, and 1994-14A. Coronas-I reentered Earth's atmosphere on March 4, 2001.