Strategic Rocket Forces

Foton 11 & Mirka

Soyuz U

SUCCESS
Success

Thursday, October 9, 1997 · 17:59 UTC

Mission

/01

Foton was a series of Soviet and later Russian material sciences research satellites. Mirka is a dedicated research capsule solely for performance of re-entry experiments.

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Soyuz U

Launch Pad

43/3 (43L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.927° N, 40.450° E

209

Pad Launches

1491

Location Launches

4

Agency Launches

62

Orbital This Year

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