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
Communications
Launch site
Russia
Date
Mon, 19 Feb 1996 00:58:25 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4051 ever
Mission
Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was the second generation of Russian strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.