Thursday, October 30, 1997

Foton 11

 1997-060A


Foton 11 carried the German Mirka reentry vehicle and a set of French life sciences experiments. The 1-m dia Mirka replaced the external nose battery pack. Mass of Foton 11 was around 6200 kg. Foton 11 landed after 13.5 days on the Russian-Kazak border.


Foton No. 11 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Oct 9  1800  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL  
 1808  Insertion 
1997 Oct 23  0840?  Deorbit  
 0850?  PO sep 
  Mirka sep 
 0900?  Reentry 
 0912  Landed in Russia, 170 SE of Orsk 

Payload:

  • Zona-4MN2 furnace, Barmin

  • Konstanta-2B optical materials furnace, Barmin

  • Ibis-2 incubator, CNES: Oeuf d'oursin; Artemia crustacean

  • Crodile-2 crystal growth, CNES

  • ESA Biopan on exterior with Artemia

  • ESA Biobox, incubator with bone cells

  • Cosima-5 crystals, DLR

  • Mirka, 154 kg

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