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Bion 5
Bion satellite. Bion 5 was launched on September 25, 1979 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 14, 1979).
COSPAR 1979-083ANORAD 11536Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1129
- Common name
- Bion 5
- Payload designation
- Bion No. 5
- Other names
- 12KS No. Zh15000-125:RA
- International designator
- 1979-083A
- NORAD catalog number
- 11536
- GCAT identifier
- S11536
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/029
Mission
- Mission type
- Biology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Bion
- Owner
- IMBP
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Bion
Launch
- Date
- September 25, 1979 · 15:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1979-083Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 215 km
- Apogee
- 367 km
- Inclination
- 62.82°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 14, 1979
- Last known active
- Oct 14, 1979
- End of operations
- Oct 14, 1979
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 Q25937 (CC0).