Strategic Rocket Forces

Zeya

Start-1.2

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, March 4, 1997 · 02:00 UTC

Mission

/01

The Mozhayets 2 (Zeya, RS 16) satellite was a Russian Military experimental communications satellite launched on 4 March 1997. Zeya was named after the Zeya River, which is very close to its launch site, Cosmodrome Svobodniy. A Start-1.2 rocket transported it into orbit. This was the first satellite launched from this new Russian launch site in far eastern Russia.

Mission Type

Navigation

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Start-1.2

Variant: 1.2

Launch Pad

5

Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

51.700° N, 127.998° E

1

Pad Launches

1

Location Launches

3

Agency Launches

11

Orbital This Year

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