Success
Foton 11 & Mirka
Planetary Science
Strategic Rocket Forces(RVSN RF)Government
Soyuz U
LEOorbit
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.
Thursday, October 9, 1997 at 5:59 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,180
RVSN RF Mission
#4
Pad Launch
#209
Location Launch
#1,491
Designator
1997-060
Launch Window
NET
Oct 9, 1997, 5:59 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Soyuz U Specs
Length
51.1 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Launch Mass
313 t
LEO Capacity
6,900 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1973
Fastest Turnaround
1h 10m
Total Launches
714
Successful
694
Failed
20
Consecutive Success
1
Maiden flight: May 18, 1973
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Founded
1959
Total Launches
15
Successful
12
Failed
3
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
1
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Oct 9, 1997, 9:59 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778