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2022 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Khayyam & rideshare

successSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Khayyam & rideshare

Khayyam, also known as Project 505, is a Russian built Earth observation satellite for Iran. The satellite is built by VNIIEM and NPK Barl on a currently unidentified satellite bus, with resolution reaching < 1 m. 16 Russian cubesats from various institutions/universities are also arranged for launch as secondary payload by Aerospace Capital.

Overview

Date / time
August 9, 2022 at 05:52 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
31/6
Mission
Khayyam & rideshare
Mission type
Earth Science
Orbit achieved
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch vehicle
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M →
Launch provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) →

Payloads deployed · 17

CUBESX-HSE-2 (RS21S)
LEO
CYCLOPS (RS29S)
LEO
GEOSCAN-EDELVEIS (RS20S)
LEO
ISOI (RS19S)
LEO
KAI-1 (RS26S)
LEO
KHAYYAM
LEO
KUZBASS-300 (RS34S)
LEO
MIET-AIS (RS28S)
LEO
MONITOR-1 (RS32S)
LEO
OBJECT B
LEO
OBJECT C
LEO
OBJECT K
LEO
OBJECT L
LEO
RESHUCUBE (RS8S)
LEO
SIREN (RS30S)
LEO
UTMN (RS23S)
LEO
VIZARD (RS33S)
LEO