[FPSPACE] Soyuz 2/Oblik dummy

[Tristan Cools]

At 22:37 8-11-04 +0100, you wrote:

"Maquette of a satellite correctly separated from the launcher and entered 
into precomputed orbit," said the speaker for Russian Space Forces.

>The representative of Samara Progress construction bureau deputy head of 
>construction bureau Valery Abrashkin informed RIA Novosti, that the 
>payload for the first launch of Soyuz-2-1A launcher was satellite Oblik.
>
>"This satellte was buit many years ago and was not launched due to lack of 
>funds. Therefore its usefull life is lost and was now used as pyaload 
>weight nad dimension modell, equipped with instrumentation for measurin 
>vibrations a¨nd temeratures during the launch."
><end autoe>

I suppose it's this satellite:

http://www.skyrocket.de/space/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/zenit-8_dummy.htm

Is this the first converted 'Dummy' satellite ever launched ?

Greetings,

Tristan Cools
BWGS Belgian Working Group Satellites
bwgs_belgianworkinggroupsatellites at hotmail.com
http://users.skynet.be/satimage/index.htm