flown missionSuccess

Start-1.2 | Zeya

Strategic Rocket Forces5 — Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian FederationMar 04, 1997, 02:00 UTC

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

mission

Name: Zeya
Type: Navigation
Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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.

schedule

NET (no earlier than): Mar 04, 1997, 02:00 UTC
Window opens: Mar 04, 1997, 02:00 UTC
Window closes: Mar 04, 1997, 02:00 UTC
Last updated: Jun 14, 2023, 04:23 UTC

vehicle & provider

Rocket: Start-1.2
Family: Start
Variant: 1.2
Provider: Strategic Rocket Forces
Type: Government
Country: RUS

launch site

Pad: 5
Location: Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Country: RUS
Timezone: Asia/Yakutsk
Coordinates: 51.7000, 127.9978