About YES2(Young Engineers` Satellite #2)

The main goal of project YES2 is studying the technology of space tether system deployment and it`s possibilities for small recoverable capsules delivery to the given area of Earth surface from LEO. According to accepted program of scientific experiments project YES2 aboard "Foton-M" will be realized on the last stage of SC "Foton-M" flight. After the process of local vertical line orientation of the platform the block MASS (containing sensors and measuring devices) and the ultralight sphere capsule "Fotino will be detached from the block "FLOYD" (consisting of deployment system, spool of tether, braking system). After the system will being deployed (about 30 km long.), "Fotino? capsule will be detached from the block MASS. This capsule will enter the atmosphere with relatively small heat impacts, then reduce speed up to 35-40 m/sec and will land in given area, where it will be rescued and evacuated. After that the tether will be cutted off in block FLOYD, which will enter the dense atmosphere with block MASS and will burn down.