Foton-M n°4

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

20:50:00

Friday July 18, 2014

Mission Details

Foton-M n°4

The Foton satellites are built on the basis of the Zenit satellites, themselves derived from the Vostok spacecraft. Foton has a mass of 7t, can carry 625kg of equipment, and has an operational life in orbit of thirty days. A Bion satellite can be broken down into three parts: the Drop Compartment, the Descent Compartment (SA) and the Instrument Compartment. Only the SA Compartment is capable of returning to Earth. It contains most of the scientific payload. It is shaped like a sphere 2,3 m in diameter and has two hatches 1,2 m in diameter. The Instrument Compartment is cylindrical in shape and has a mass of 500kg. It has a diameter of 2m and a length of 50cm. It also contains scientific experiments.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

6,840 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Soyuz 2.1a

Active Since 2004

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$17.42 million

Rocket

Height: 51.38m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,500 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,550 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.11m

Height: 15.59m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

47 hr 9 min

Stats

Soyuz 2.1a


18th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2014

2014


42nd

Orbital launch attempt