Resurs 43

 1989-073A

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The fifth named Resurs F flight was 14F43 No. 48, the first of the 14F43 spacecraft to use the same serial number as one of the 17F41 missions (Kosmos-1575). 14F43 No. 48 was launched on 1989 Sep 6. It carried a secondary payload, the Cosima-2 commercial materials processing payload which was a joint project between the German private company Intospace and the German space agency DFVLR. The descent module of 14F43 No. 48 landed 105 km southwest of Aktyubinsk in NW Kazakhstan on Sep 22.

Resurs F-1 14F43 No. 48
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Sep 6	1050	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC43/3
	1058	Blok-I sep
1989 Sep 12			89.82 260 x 270 x 82.3
1989 Sep 18			89.75 257 x 267 x 82.3
1989 Sep 21			89.85 259 x 273 x 82.3
1989 Sep 22			89.85 261 x 272 x 82.3
	0640?	Deorbit
	0652?	PO sep
	0700?	Entry
	0714?	Landed