Results of in-flight operation of scientific payload on micro-satellite “Kolibri-2000”

• Published in: Acta astronautica 2005, Vol.56 (1), p.99-106
• Main Authors: Klimov, Stanislav I., Afanasyev, Yuri V., Eismont, Natan A., Grachev, Egor A., Grigoryan, Oleg R., Grushin, Valery A., Lysakov, Dmitri S., Nozdrachev, Mikhail N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0094-5765; 1879-2030
• DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.09.004

The realization of Russian–Australian scientific—educational micro-satellite “Kolibri-2000” (weight of 20.5 kg, http://www.kolibri2000.ru 20 March, 2002), delivered into an orbit by “Progress M1-7”, was the first item in the Program of Scientific—Educational Micro-Satellite (PSEMS' 2002–2007, http://iki.cosmos.ru/kollibri/mission1_e.htm) and designate the starting point of a series at perspective scientific—educational micro-satellites (SEMS, http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/sci-education/microsat/microsat-02.html). In the “Kolibri-2000” project, several schools equipped by School Center of Reception of the Information (SCRI), participated, including Russian schools (Obninsk http://ftschool.obninsk.org) and two Australian schools in Sydney, Knox Grammar School ( www.knox.nsw.edu.au) and Ravenswood School for Girls ( www.ravenswood.nsw.edu.au). The results of the “Kolibri-2000” first measurements on the orbit near the International Space Station will be submitted in this paper which include the ionosphere reaction during the April 2002 events, and address as understanding of the coupling and feedback in the Sun–Earth interaction.