Satellites

Payload

FOTON-M 3

DecayedPayloadLEO

FOTON-M 3 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on September 14, 2007 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
September 14, 2007 at 11:00 AM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Soyuz-U-PVB
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Foton-M No. 3

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
280 km
Periapsis
258 km
Inclination
62.94°
Orbital period
89.88 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
6,425 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2007-040A
NORAD catalog №
32058
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
5.2849 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
September 26, 2007

End of mission

Last active / ended
September 26, 2007
Time in service
12 days
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed