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A spacecraft is a vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space. Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, Earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, and transportation of humans and cargo. All spacecraft except single-stage-to-orbit vehicles cannot get into space on their own, and require a launch vehicle.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 10, 2009 at 05:49 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz U →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 357 km
- Periapsis
- 342 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Orbital period
- 91.53 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-006A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33593
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Radar cross-section
- 8.635 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- May 18, 2009
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- May 18, 2009
- Time in service
- 97 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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