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Bion 10
Bion satellite. Bion 10 was launched on December 29, 1992 aboard a Soyuz-U-PVB from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Jan 10, 1993).
COSPAR 1992-095ANORAD 22300Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-2229
- Common name
- Bion 10
- Payload designation
- Bion No. 10
- Other names
- 12KS No. U15000-10:RA
- International designator
- 1992-095A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22300
- GCAT identifier
- S22300
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/268
Mission
- Mission type
- Biology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Bion
- Owner
- IMBP
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Bion
Launch
- Date
- December 29, 1992 · 13:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1992-095Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC43/3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 217 km
- Apogee
- 373 km
- Inclination
- 62.81°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- January 10, 1993
- Last known active
- Jan 10, 1993
- End of operations
- Jan 10, 1993
Size
- Mass
- 2,040 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,040 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 5,450 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q26042 (CC0).