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Zenit-3F | Spektr-R (RadioAstron) launched on Mon, Jul 18, 2011, 02:31 AM UTC — a Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) mission.
NET Mon, Jul 18, 2011, 02:31 AM UTC
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Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Zenit 3F to Elliptical Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Zenit 3F ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
The RadioAstron is an international space Very Long Baseline Interferometry project led by the Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, Russia. The aim of the mission is to use the Spektr-R space telescope to conduct interferometer observations in conjunction with the global ground radio telescope network in order to obtain images, coordinates, motions and evolution of angular structure of different radio emitting objects in the Universe with the extraordinary high angular resolution.
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Good to know
Zenit-3F | Spektr-R (RadioAstron) is scheduled to lift off Mon, Jul 18, 2011, 02:31 AM UTC.
Watch the official live webcast embedded on this page — it goes live shortly before liftoff.
Zenit-3F | Spektr-R (RadioAstron) is an Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) mission flying on a Zenit 3F.
It lifts off from 45/1, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan.