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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
02:00:00
Tuesday March 4, 1997
First flight of START-1 from Svobodniy. First orbital flight from Svobodniy.
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.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
87 kilograms
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1997
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1997
11th
Orbital launch attempt