Foton 11 & Mirka
Soyuz U
Strategic Rocket Forces
Mission
Foton 11 & Mirka
Type: Planetary Science
Foton was a series of Soviet and later Russian material sciences research satellites. Mirka is a dedicated research capsule solely for performance of re-entry experiments.
Location
43/3 (43L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1658 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Soyuz U – Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Family: Soyuz
Length: 51.1 m
Diameter: 2.95 m
Launch Mass: 313 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6900 kg
The Soyuz U was manufactured by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) with the first launch on . Soyuz U has 694 successful launches and 20 failed launches with a total of 714 launches.
Agency
Strategic Rocket Forces
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RVSN RF
Founded: 1959
Country: RUS
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
