Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
10:00:00
Friday April 19, 2013
The Bion satellites are built on the basis of the Zenit satellites, themselves derived from the Vostok spacecraft. Bion has a mass of 6t, 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
6,266 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$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
15th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2013
16th
Orbital launch attempt