Satellites

Payload

FOTON 9

DecayedPayloadLEO

FOTON 9 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on June 14, 1994 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
June 14, 1994 at 04:05 PM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Soyuz-U-PVB
Operator
Russian Space Forces
Mission
Foton 9

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
351 km
Periapsis
219 km
Inclination
62.81°
Orbital period
90.22 min

Spacecraft

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

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1994-033A
NORAD catalog №
23122
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
July 2, 1994

End of mission

Last active / ended
July 2, 1994
Time in service
18 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed