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Soyuz U | Foton 11 & Mirka
Soyuz U
Oct 9, 1997, 5:59 PM UTC
Oct 9, 1997, 5:59 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- 43/3 (43L)
- Location
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Country
- 🇷🇺 RUS
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 2.1°C
- Wind
- 6 km/h @ 147°
- Sky
- Overcast
- Source
- open-meteo-archive