Today, April 28 at 5.01, the first launch from the Baikonur East. Carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1a” put into orbit scientific satellite of Moscow State University “Lomonosov” spacecraft “Aist-2D” and nano-satellite SamSat-218.
The satellite “Lomonosov” was presented to the public on February 24. It is an international project, the creation of which was attended by scientists, graduate and undergraduate students from South Korea, Spain, Canada, USA, Poland, Germany, Italy and Spain
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«Lomonosov» is intended for research of extreme cosmic phenomena in the Earth’s atmosphere, near space and the universe, such as gamma-ray bursts and cosmic rays of extremely high energy. In addition, the satellite will monitor the radiation situation and monitoring of dangerous objects in near-Earth space with a network of ground-based telescopes, “Master».
The unit is scheduled to start at a height of 490 kilometers. Its weight is 645 kg, and the weight of the scientific equipment is 160 kilograms. It is expected that “Lomonosov” will work in orbit for three years.
«Today is an important day not only for the University of Moscow, but also for the entire country, and science in general. This space program at Moscow University started to launch their own satellites. In 2005 it was launched the satellite “Tatiana”, in 2009 – “Tatiana-2». They successfully completed their programs. Now we start the real space research station – says the rector of Moscow State University Viktor Sadovnichy. – No university in the world has such cosmic science lab
«Lomonosov.” – A modern research space station, which is at the forefront of basic science. This international project, which was attended by experts from the US, Germany, Canada and other countries, but certainly a decisive contribution and financial, and scientific and intellectual have students, graduate students and young scientists of Moscow State University. This satellite is designed to study space and astrophysical measurements: it will monitor the asteroid danger, study the interaction of high-power high-energy radiation is not of our galaxy. It really is a victory of our country. Remember – “opened the abyss – full of stars”? These are the words of Mikhail Lomonosov exactly suited to this launch »
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All the scientific data received from the spacecraft, “Lomonosov”, will be available to the world scientific community concerned with fundamental space physics, astrophysics, Earth’s atmosphere and other phenomena.
«We will first study with the Earth’s orbit, that is, using a space experiment, the particles of the highest energies that exist in the universe, – says the director of the Moscow State University Skobel’tsyn Michael Panasiuk nuclear physics research Institute. – In the universe there is an acceleration of cosmic particles called cosmic rays
The particles with the greatest energies are difficult to measure on the ground, because they are very few.. We will do this with the help of a space experiment onboard the “Lomonosov».
Secondly, the unit will study gamma-ray bursts, which are the result of explosive processes in the universe. These processes took place a long time ago, right after the Big Bang, that is, in the era of the birth of the universe. They were accompanied by a large release of energy: generation of gamma radiation, ultraviolet radiation, visible light. On board the “University” is a set of instruments that will study gamma-ray bursts in the gamma range with a gamma detector, developed at MSU, as well as in the visible, ultraviolet and X-ray bands with telescopes set up at the State Astronomical Institute named . Sternberg
The third scientific problem, which put us in the framework of the experiment – is the study of the radiation environment around Earth. The phenomena associated with radiation, can also be attributed to extreme events, because during the disturbances that occur on the Sun, the so-called geomagnetic storms, radiation situation changes dramatically, radiation fluxes increase, which creates a danger to spacecraft and humans in space.
«Lomonosov” will help to understand the physical laws that lead to such changes
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The fourth task – this test system, which refers to space biology. This is an electronic system that can adjust the shortcomings of human vestibular apparatus, which appear during weightlessness. All four of these areas, we will try to implement on-board the satellite “Lomonosov».
Also installed telescopes on board the satellite, which will observe the man-made objects that exist around the Earth. It is a system for monitoring the asteroid hazard. This system will work together with the ground equipment, the system of “Master”, which has been monitoring the cosmic danger as man-made and natural character. »
According to Mikhail Panasyuk developed a program under implementation, unique. Many of the world’s universities are involved in the implementation of space programs of nano-satellites to major experiments.
However, “Lomonosov” is a single-piece research project.
The satellite “Aist-2D”, which will also be on board the launch vehicle, designed for remote sensing of the Earth. Nanosatellite SamSat-218 is part of the scientific equipment “Contact”, whose tasks include the testing of the control technology in small spacecraft.
The construction of Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region began in 2010. Originally it was planned to carry out the first launch of a new cosmodrome in December 2015. However, in mid-October last year, President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the backlog of work from the planned schedule and proposed to move the start of the next year.
The total area of the East is about 700 square kilometers. Baikonur is designed to provide full access to the Russian space, and reduce dependence on Russian cosmonautics located in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
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