Name

RS-43

Alternate Names

AIST-2

Satellite ID

VWRK-3457-9973-7957-3445

NORAD ID

39133

Country of Origin

Russia

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.

Source: https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/aist.htm