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FOTON 10

DecayedPayloadLEO

FOTON 10 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on February 16, 1995 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
February 16, 1995 at 05:39 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Russian Space Forces
Mission
Foton 10

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
355 km
Periapsis
218 km
Inclination
62.8°
Orbital period
90.25 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,144.7 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1995-006A
NORAD catalog №
23497
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 3, 1995

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 3, 1995
Time in service
15 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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