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Bion 6
Bion satellite. Bion 6 was launched on December 14, 1983 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Dec 19, 1983).
COSPAR 1983-121ANORAD 14549Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1514
- Common name
- Bion 6
- Payload designation
- Bion No. 6
- Other names
- 12KS No. Yu15000-06:RA
- International designator
- 1983-121A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14549
- GCAT identifier
- S14549
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/099
Mission
- Mission type
- Biology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Bion
- Owner
- IMBP
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Bion
Launch
- Date
- December 14, 1983 · 07:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-121Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 212 km
- Apogee
- 258 km
- Inclination
- 82.31°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- December 19, 1983
- Last known active
- Dec 20, 1983
- End of operations
- Dec 20, 1983
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 Q25965 (CC0).