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Foton 3
Foton 3 was launched on April 24, 1987 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (May 8, 1987).
COSPAR 1987-037ANORAD 17907Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1841
- Common name
- Foton 3
- Payload designation
- Foton No. 3L
- Other names
- 34KS No. I15000-03:RA
- International designator
- 1987-037A
- NORAD catalog number
- 17907
- GCAT identifier
- S17907
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/168
Mission
- Mission type
- Microgravity
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Foton
- Owner
- TsSKB
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Foton
Launch
- Date
- April 24, 1987 · 16:59 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-037Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 216 km
- Apogee
- 379 km
- Inclination
- 62.84°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- May 8, 1987
- Last known active
- May 8, 1987
- End of operations
- May 8, 1987
Size
- Mass
- 2,028 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,028 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 5,938 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 Q13660130 (CC0).