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Developmental Testing of the Kolibry Microsatellite Deployment Profile (Kolibry)
03.22.12

Overview | Description | Applications | Operations | Results | Publications | Images

Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Energia website.
Brief Summary

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Principal Investigator

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Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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Payload Developer Information Pending

Sponsoring Space Agency

Roscosmos

Sponsoring Organization:

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ISS Expedition Duration:

December 2001 - June 2002



Expeditions Assigned

4

Previous ISS Missions

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Experiment/Payload Description

Research Summary

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Description

Delivery to orbit and launch into open space of the Kolibry microsatellite (MS) within the long-term space, scientific-educational program of school research microsatellites. Developmental testing of MS deployment profile assuring safety of ISS and Transport Cargo Vehicle (TCV) Progress-M.

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Applications

Space Applications

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Earth Applications

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Operations

Operational Requirements

Kolibry microsatellite, video camera.

Operational Protocols

Verification of engineering solutions incorporated into the design of "Kolibry" microsatellite and transport cargo container to deliver and separate the MS from TCV Progress-M. Verification of technological solutions for processing and installing delivered hardware.

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Results/More Information

Successful deployment of the micro satellite and return to Earth of a video cassette with a film showing TCV undocking from from ISS and MS separation from TCV.

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Related Web Sites
  • Energia - Science Research on the ISS Russian Segment

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    Publications

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    Ground Based Results Publications

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    ISS Patent Publications

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    Related Publications

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    Images

    imageKolibry microsatellite.


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    imageKolibry microsatellite in it's transport container.


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    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
    If updates are needed to the summary please contact JSC-ISS-Program-Science-Group. For other general questions regarding space station research and technology, please feel free to call our help line at 281-244-6187 or e-mail at JSC-ISS-Payloads-Helpline.
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