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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch SuccessfulAstrophysicsZenit-3F · RadioAstron
Launched 2011-07-18 02:31:18 UTC45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Elliptical Orbit
Worldwide
38th
orbital launch attempt in 2011
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
7th
launch this year
45/1
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
178 d 14 h
since the pad's previous launch
The RadioAstron is an international space Very Long Baseline Interferometry project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. The aim of the mission is to use the Spektr-R space telescope to conduct interferometer observations in conjunction with the global ground radio telescope network in order to obtain images, coordinates, motions and evolution of angular structure of different radio emitting objects in the Universe with the extraordinary high angular resolution.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1992 · Administrator Yuri Borisov
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Launches
344
Successful
333
97%
Upcoming
4
scheduled
Height
4.6m
Diameter
0.4m
Liftoff thrust
45kN
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