Status
Success
Zeya
Launch Time
Tue Mar 04, 1997 02:00 UTC
Tue Mar 04, 1997 02:00 UTC
First flight of START-1 from Svobodniy. First orbital flight from Svobodniy.
Rocket
Mission Details
Zeya
Zeya was designed by ISS Reshetnev. The payload is developed by the Military Academy Alexander Mojaisky at the request of the Space Forces of the Russian Federation.
It is a demonstrator of navigation and control technologies, it has also served as an amateur radio satellite. The equipment included communication technologies, a GPS and GLONASS receiver and a laser retro-reflector.
It is named after the Zeya River, which flows near the Svobodniy Cosmodrome.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 87.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Site 5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1997
11th orbital launch attempt
Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
3rd mission
1st mission of 1997
1st successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission
START-1
3rd mission
1st mission of 1997
1st successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission