Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
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.
Details
Type
Navigation
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Tue, Mar 4, 1997, 02:00
Weather
Pro