Rubin 9.2
Rubin 9.2 is a German experimental satellite payload launched on 23 September 2009 in 06:21[1] aboard PSLV-CA rocket at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India.The Rubin-9 "satellite" (COSPAR 2009-051F) was actually the upper stage of the carrier rocket to which the payloads were solidly bolted onto; after the rocket had finished its mission with the primary payload, the upper stage remained in space and became "satellite" Rubin-9.Rubin 9.2 was developed by OHB System to continue their series of AIS receiver experiments that they had performed on previous Rubin-flights.[3] AIS is a network used to find shipping vessels and identify them.This spacecraft or satellite related article is a stub.