Foton 11 & Mirka Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

9 Oct 1997, 5:59pm

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Pad

43/3 (43L)

Launch Service Provider

Strategic Rocket Forces logo

Strategic Rocket Forces

Vehicle

Soyuz U image

Soyuz U

Mission

Foton 11 & Mirka

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

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.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC

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