* Astronomy

The satellite has successfully reached its orbit with perigee of about 400 km, apogee of 490 km, and inclination of 78.9 degrees. It was assigned the following catalogue number 29159.

The Compass-2 (Complex Orbital Magneto-Plasma Autonomous Small Satellite) scientific satellite was developed at IZMIRAN (Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences).
The Shtil launcher was a converted R-29RM ballistic missile.

Russia has put into orbit a satellite carried by a converted ballistic missile launched from a submerged nuclear submarine.

"The Northern Fleet on Friday at 10:50 pm (08:50 GMT) went ahead with the launch of a scientific satellite Kompas-2 from the Barents Sea with the help of a Shtil launcher" - Navy Spokesman.

The launch was carried out from the Delfin-class (NATO name 'Delta-IV') ballistic missile nuclear submarine (SSBN) Yekaterinburg, commanded by Captain Sergei Rachug.
The satellite will study atmospheric, volcanic and seismic phenomena.

TLE Data

OBJECT A
1 29157U 06019A 06146.96956788 .00000015 00000-0 00000+0 0 14
2 29157 079.0384 170.2178 0079571 111.4809 249.3821 15.35098244 39

OBJECT B
1 29158U 06019B 06146.83890224 .00000013 00000-0 00000+0 0 11
2 29158 078.8464 170.1219 0060379 113.2495 247.5605 15.40873307 02

OBJECT C
1 29159U 06019C 06147.03389667 .00000014 00000-0 00000+0 0 10
2 29159 078.9089 169.8794 0069478 116.7264 244.0936 15.39566617 34

The Kompas satellite was successfully launched from the submerged K-84 "Ekaterinburg" submarine

TLE Data

KOMPAS2
1 99999U 05999Z 06146.83883448 .00000000 00000-0 74931-4 0 12
2 99999 078.8979 170.0034 0065877 127.8549 232.9051 15.40738716 14