Foton 10
Designation
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23497
/ 95006A
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Launch
date
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16
Feb 1995 at 17:40 UT
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Country of origin
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CIS
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Mission
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Scientific:
microgravity studies
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Perigee/Apogee
|
228/391
km
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Inclination
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62.8°
|
Period
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94
min
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Launch vehicle
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Soyuz
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Launch
site
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Plesetsk
LC43
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Mass
at launch
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6300
kg (retrievable experiment: 2250 kg)
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The mission carried "KASHTAN", "ZONA", "SPLAV", "Biobox 2", "IBIS" instruments
for zero-gravity material, and biotechnological experiments.
Biobox 2 is an incubator with experiments on cells responsible for bone
mineralization and on small living organism. These experiments will contribute
to a better understanding of the phenomenon of bone mass loss experienced by
astronauts in space and will help identify and quantify the influence of
absence of gravity on living systems.
The descent cabin was severly damaged when it was dropped by the helicopter
carrying it back for deintegration. Thus many experiments were destroyed.