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Launched 1997-03-04 02:00:02 UTC5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
11th
orbital launch attempt in 1997
Strategic Rocket Forces
1st
launch this year
5
1st
launch from this pad this year
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.
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
22.7m
Diameter
1.8m
Liftoff thrust
500kN
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