Kosmos 2044

 1989-075A

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Bion 9 carried biological specimens, including expts from USA, ESA, France, Canada, Interkosmos. The rhesus monkeys Zhakonya and Zabiyaka were accompanied by other biological speciments. On Sep 29 the craft landed 165 km south of Kustanai after a 14 day flight.

Bion-9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Sep 15	0630	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL
	0632	Blok-BVGD sep
	0634	Blok-I burn
	0639	Blok-I sep
			89.24 206 x 267 x 82.3
1989 Sep 19			89.04 199 x 254 x 82.3
1989 Sep 27			88.60 185 x 224 x 82.3
1989 Sep 29	0215	Deorbit
	0225	PO sep
	0231	Entry
	0243	Landed