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Start-1.2 | Zeya

Name: Start-1.2 | Zeya
Start: 1997-03-04T02:00:02.000Z
End: 1997-03-04T02:00:02.000Z
Location: Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

March 4, 1997 at 2:00 AM UTC

Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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March 4, 1997 at 2:00 AM UTC

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Svobodny Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · 51.7000, 127.9980

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Rocket: Start-1.2
Launch site: 5
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: March 4, 1997 at 2:00 AM UTC
Window closes: March 4, 1997 at 2:00 AM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 4:23 AM UTC

Mission description

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.

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