Foton 2005

 2005-020A

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Launch mass 6425 kg (TsENKI says 6535 kg). Total internal payload mass 382 kg.

Foton M-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 May 31	1200:00	Launch by Soyuz-U Zh15000-091	KB LC1/5
		T+1:58 Strapon sep
		T+2:36 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:50 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok I MECO
	1208:49	T+8:49 Blok I sep	258 x 291 x 63.0
2005 Jun 16
	0705	T+15.6d Deorbit burn 137m/s	248 x 276 x 63.0
		Deorbit complete	-220 x 268 x 63.0
	0715?	Battery and PO sep
	0729	Parachute system deploy
	0736	SA landing 52N 64E 140 km SE Kustanai

Payload:

• ESA TCA Tether Cutter Assembly (on battery pack)

• Fluidpac, fluid physics

• Telesupport

• Biopan, 9 exobio and radiation exposure expts

• SCCO diffusion effects on crude oil

• AGAT diffusion coeffs in alloys

• Stone - 2 0.5 kg meteoritic entry expts

• Outreach - 3 edu expts.

• Aquacells - bio, aquatic microorgs, DLR

• Polizon - KBOM crystal growth

• Keramik DLR entry expt.

• Favorite Life support electrolysis test

• DataLogger, ESA/TsSKB Foton environment monitoring

• TAS-3 Triax accelerometer