Earth orbit
Foton-M No. 3
Foton-M No. 3 is catalogued by GCAT as a microgravity research mission in the Foton program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
View in 3D map ↗The mission
Foton-M No. 3 is catalogued by GCAT as a microgravity research mission in the Foton program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2007-040; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 14 September 2007, 11:00:00 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-U rocket launched the Foton-M No. 3 mission on Friday, September 14, 2007 at 11:00 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2007-040
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Sep 14, 2007, 11:00 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Sep 14 2007
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 26 September 2007
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Foton-M No. 3
GCAT program: Foton.
- GCAT ID
- S32058
- Manufacturer
- GNPRKTs TsSKB-Progress
- Launch mass
- 2,515 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.5 m long · 2.4 m diameter · 6.5 m span
Gallery
One image from Foton-M No. 3.
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