Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Government/Top Secret
Launch site
Kazakhstan
Date
Fri, 06 Jun 1997 16:56:54 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4148 ever
Mission
The Araks-N was a electro-optical area reconnaissance satellite, which had reportedly a resolution of 2 - 10 m (panchromatic and infra red). Its high orbit gave it a longer loitering time over the target.