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Strategic Rocket ForcesLaunch SuccessfulPlanetary ScienceSoyuz U
Launched 1997-10-09 17:59:59 UTC43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
62nd
orbital launch attempt in 1997
Strategic Rocket Forces
2nd
launch this year
43/3 (43L)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
14 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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).
Launches
15
Successful
12
80%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
51.1m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
6,900kg
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