Date: 9 Oct 1997, 05:59 pm UTC
Rocket: Soyuz U (Soyuz)
Provider: Strategic Rocket Forces
Type: Planetary Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Foton was a series of Soviet and later Russian material sciences research satellites. Mirka is a dedicated research capsule solely for performance of re-entry experiments.
