Aist [TsSKB-Progress]
Official name AIST 2
Alternative name AIST 2
Cospar ID 2013-015D
Norad ID 39133
Launch date 2013-04-19
Launch site TTMTR
Launch vehicle Soyuz-2-1a
Country/Organization Russia
Type application Technology
Operator Samara Aerospace University
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 95.2
Inclination (deg) 64.87
Perigee (km) 523
Apogee (km) 533
Eccentricity 0.00946969696969697
Mean motion (revs. per day) 15.1260504201681
Semi-Major axis (km) 6906.135
Raan (deg) 223.1372
Arg of perigee (deg) 301.233
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 39
Height (m) 0.4
Width (m) 0.2
Depth (m) 0.4
Span (m^2) 0.4
Lifetime 3 years
Contractors Samara Aerospace University, TsSKB-Progress
Power Solar cells, batteries

Aist is a Russian microsatellite developed by designed by a group of students, postgraduates and scientists of Samara Aerospace University in cooperation with TsSKB-Progress.

The satellite measures the geomagnetic field, test the new small space vehicle bus, test methods to decrease microaccelerations to a minimum level and measure micrometeoroids of natural and artificial origin.

The protoype unit was launched piggy back on the maiden flight of the Soyuz-2-1v Volga launch vehicle, while the first flight unit hitched a ride on a Soyuz-2-1a with the Bion-M 1 satellite.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
AIST 2 2013-015D 2013-04-19 TTMTR Soyuz-2-1a with Bion-M 1, Dove 2, BeeSat 2, BeeSat 3, SOMP, OSSI 1
AIST 1 2013-078C 2013-12-28 PKMTR Soyuz-2-1v Volga with Kosmos 2492 (SKRL-756 1), Kosmos 2493 (SKRL-756 2), Ballast