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Strategic Rocket ForcesSoyuz-U-PVB43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Resurs F-1M
Launched
September 28, 1999
Summary
Resurs F-1M launched on a Strategic Rocket Forces Soyuz-U-PVB from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on September 28, 1999. It was Strategic Rocket Forces's 12th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,345th orbital launch attempt. It was the 51st Soyuz-U-PVB flight and the 7th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Resurs F-1M, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 189 × 231 km orbit inclined 82.3°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U-PVB · Strategic Rocket Forces
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 51st Soyuz-U-PVB flight · 7th this yearStrategic Rocket Forces's 12th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,345th orbital launch attempt56th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Resurs F-1M · NORAD 25929 · 1999-054 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- RESURS F-1M
- Object ID
- 1999-054A
- Epoch
- 1999-09-28 12:17:58 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.26192028 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0032139
- Inclination
- 82.3413°
- Ascending node
- 198.2178°
- Arg. of perigee
- 107.8338°
- Mean anomaly
- 252.3901°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 3 components; none still in orbit
- Resurs F-1M · NORAD 25929 · landed October 21, 1999
Soyuz-U-PVB No. 045 Blok-I · re-entered September 30, 1999
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Resurs-F1M (17F43M) was one of three subseries of the Soviet Resurs-F1 film-return earth observation satellite family. They were a follow-on to the Fram (Zenit-4MKT) series.
Pad
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
257th launch from 43/4 (43R), 2nd this year · 1,505th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
18 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Resurs F-1M launch?
Resurs F-1M launched on September 28, 1999. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Resurs F-1M?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Resurs F-1M?
Soyuz-U-PVB, flown by Strategic Rocket Forces. Soyuz-U-PVB spec sheet
Where did Resurs F-1M launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Resurs F-1M reach?
Resurs F-1M, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 189 × 231 km orbit inclined 82.3°.
How many satellites did Resurs F-1M launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).