Aist [TsSKB-Progress]
Official name AIST 1
Alternative name Aist 1
Cospar ID 2013-078C
Norad ID 39492
Launch date 2013-12-28
Launch site PKMTR
Launch vehicle Soyuz-2-1v Volga
Country/Organization Russia
Type application Technology
Operator Samara Aerospace University
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 96.56
Inclination (deg) 82.42
Perigee (km) 582
Apogee (km) 606
Eccentricity 0.0202020202020202
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.9130074565037
Semi-Major axis (km) 6972.135
Raan (deg) 292.162
Arg of perigee (deg) 328.3677
Shape Box
Mass (kg) 50
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