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Zenit-3F | Spektr-R (RadioAstron)

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Zenit · 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 206th launch · 7th this year · humanity's 5,144th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--July 18, 2011 · 02:31 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jul 18, 02:31Jul 18, 02:31 UTC

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Spektr-R (RadioAstron)

The RadioAstron is an international space Very Long Baseline Interferometry project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. The aim of the mission is to use the Spektr-R space telescope to conduct interferometer observations in conjunction with the global ground radio telescope network in order to obtain images, coordinates, motions and evolution of angular structure of different radio emitting objects in the Universe with the extraordinary high angular resolution.

Astrophysics · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

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Pad — 45/1

Local pad time: Jul 18, 8:31 AM GMT+6

47 launches from this pad · 1,564 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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