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The SERVIS-1 launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia was successfully performed on 30 October 2003. Using a ROCKOT launch vehicle, the 840 kg satellite was injected into a sun-synchronous orbit of 1000 km altitude. SERVIS is the acronym for "Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System" programme conducted by the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF). The objective of the SERVIS missions is to drastically reduce the cost of spacecraft by using high performance Japanese commercial parts and technologies. The final goal of the project is to establish a parts evaluation and equipment design guideline to enable the use of commercial off the shelf parts and technologies in space. USEF developed SERVIS-1 under a contract to NEDO, a semi-governmental organization under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. The responsibility for design, manufacture and testing of SERVIS-1 was undertaken by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO). ROCKOT is marketed by Eurockot Launch Services, a joint venture of EADS SPACE Transportation (51%) and Khrunichev Space Center (49%). Eurockot provides commercial launch services to operators of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites using dedicated facilities at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Archangel region of Northern Russia. ROCKOT is perfectly tailored to payloads requiring a performance of at least 1,950 kg for launches into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The three-stage liquid fuelled ROCKOT has a spacious payload compartment allowing large size satellites to be accommodated. A wide of choice of off-the-shelf and customised payload adapters and dispensers is available to meet specific customer requirements. Both Russian and West European satellite separation systems have been implemented successfully on ROCKOT. In addition to SERVIS-1, the Astrium Lampoldshausen team also provided launch support for KOMPSAT-2, which was successfully launched by ROCKOT on 28 July 2006. This was the second ROCKOT mission within the KOMPSAT series, deploying the earth observation satellite of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) into a sun-synchronous orbit of 685 km altitude.
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