Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Russian Space Forces
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
Russia
Date
Fri, 24 Dec 2004 11:20:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4693 ever
Mission
Ukranian-built remote sensing satellite. Third stage apogee kick burn was too short, raising the perigee of the orbit from 78 km to 280 km, rather than the 650 km planned..