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 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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