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GMM-KA []
The GMM-KA (Gabaritno Massovy Maket - Kosmicheskiy Apparat) is a vehicle evaluation payload for the maiden Angara-A5 Orion launch, representing a mass model of a geostationary satellite.
The dummy payload will placed into a near geostationary orbit by the Orion (Blok-DM-03) upper stage, to which it stayed intentionally attached.
| Nation: | Russia |
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| Type / Application: | Vehicle Evaluation |
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| Configuration: | Cubic dummy mass attached to Orion stage |
| Propulsion: | None |
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| Orbit: | near-GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| GMM-KA | 2024-069A | 11.04.2024 | Vo LC-1A | Angara-A5 Orion | with Gagarinets, Dummy-CubeSat |
Launch Sites:
- Vo = Vostochniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Russia
References:
- Novosti Kosmonavtiki: Igor Marinin's Angara-A5 photo gallery
