Strategic Rocket ForcesStart-1.25, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Zeya
Launched
March 4, 1997
Summary
Zeya launched on a Strategic Rocket Forces Start-1.2 from 5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on March 4, 1997. It was Strategic Rocket Forces's 3rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,129th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Start-1.2 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Zeya, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 433 × 473 km orbit inclined 97.3°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Start-1.2 · Strategic Rocket Forces
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Navigation · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Start-1.2 flightStrategic Rocket Forces's 3rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,129th orbital launch attempt11th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Zeya · NORAD 24744 · 1997-010 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ZEYA
- Object ID
- 1997-010A
- Epoch
- 1997-03-04 03:24:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.40033613 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0029311
- Inclination
- 97.2755°
- Ascending node
- 330.2555°
- Arg. of perigee
- 258.2979°
- Mean anomaly
- 101.3435°
- 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
4 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; none still in orbit
- Zeya · NORAD 24744 · re-entered October 25, 1999
Start-1.2 (N1) Stage 4 · re-entered January 12, 2001
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The Mozhayets 2 (Zeya, RS 16) satellite was a Russian Military experimental communications satellite launched on 4 March 1997. Zeya was named after the Zeya River, which is very close to its launch site, Cosmodrome Svobodniy. A Start-1.2 rocket transported it into orbit. This was the first satellite launched from this new Russian launch site in far eastern Russia.
Pad
5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1st launch from 5, 1st this year · 1st from Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
5 launches from this pad · 5 from Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Zeya launch?
Zeya launched on March 4, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Zeya?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Zeya?
Start-1.2, flown by Strategic Rocket Forces. Start-1.2 spec sheet
Where did Zeya launch from?
5, Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Zeya reach?
Zeya, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 433 × 473 km orbit inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did Zeya launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).