Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Strategic Rocket Forces
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
Russia
Date
Tue, 04 Mar 1997 02:00:02 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4129 ever
Mission
The Mozhayets 2 (Zeya, RS 16) satellite was a Russian Military experimental communications satellite launched on 4 March 1997. Zeya was named after the Zeya River, which is very close to its launch site, Cosmodrome Svobodniy. A Start-1.2 rocket transported it into orbit. This was the first satellite launched from this new Russian launch site in far eastern Russia.