Foton 12
Soyuz-U-PVB
Strategic Rocket Forces
Launch Status
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Foton 12
Type: Materials Science
Microgravity research satellite
Trajectory
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Location
43/4 (43R)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1660 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Soyuz-U-PVB – Progress Rocket Space Center
- Family: Soyuz
- Length: 51 m
- Diameter: 3 m
- Launch Mass: 313 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6900 kg
The Soyuz-U-PVB was manufactured by Progress Rocket Space Center with the first launch on 1984-03-21. Soyuz-U-PVB has 72 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 74 launches. A Russian orbital launch vehicle. A version of the Soyuz-U with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the upper stage avionics compartment.
Agency
Strategic Rocket Forces – RVSN RF
- 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).
