Araks-N 1 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

6 Jun 1997, 4:56pm

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

200/39 (200L)

Launch Service Provider

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Vehicle

Proton-K/17S40 image

Proton-K/17S40

Mission

Araks-N 1

Mission Type

Government/Top Secret

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

The Araks-N was a electro-optical area reconnaissance satellite, which had reportedly a resolution of 2 - 10 m (panchromatic and infra red). Its high orbit gave it a longer loitering time over the target.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC

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