Yubileiny

Infobox Spacecraft
Organisation = NPO PM
Carrier_Rocket = Rokot
Launch = 24 May 2008
Launch_Site = LC-133, Plesetsk
Mission_Type = Technology/Amateur radio
Orbit_regime = LEO

Yubileiny ( _ru. Юбиле́йный, lit. "Jubilee") is a Russian technology development satellite which was built by NPO PM [ [http://www.rian.ru/technology/cosmos/20080122/97519139.html Ria Novosti - Спутник малого класса "Юбилейный" доставлен на космодром "Плесецк"] ] to commemorate the 50^th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to be placed into Earth orbit. It launched , 23 May 2008 aboard a Rockot rocket from LC-133 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch was delayed from the end of 2007, and from earlier in 2008. It was a secondary payload to a cluster of three Gonets satellites, utilising the excess capacity of the carrier rocket. [cite web |url=http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0805/23rockot/ |title=Russia launches relay craft, commemorative satellite |publisher=Spaceflight Now]

The satellite will broadcast audio and video about the history of the Soviet and Russian space programmes, as well as signals imitating those broadcast by Sputnik 1. [ [http://www.npopm.com/?cid=news_ivent&nid=58 NPO PM - Preparation for “Yubileiny” satellite launching] ] These signals are intended for receipt by Amateur radio enthusiasts.

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