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FOTON 11

DecayedPayloadLEO

FOTON 11 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on October 9, 1997 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
October 9, 1997 at 05:59 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz U
Operator
Strategic Rocket Forces
Mission
Foton 11 & Mirka

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
363 km
Periapsis
218 km
Inclination
62.81°
Orbital period
90.33 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1997-060A
NORAD catalog №
25006
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
10.3 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 23, 1997

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 23, 1997
Time in service
14 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed

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