Names | Bion 9 Biocosmos 9 Biokosmos 9 |
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Mission type | Bioscience |
Operator | Institute for Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) |
COSPAR ID | 1989-075A [1] |
SATCAT no. | 20242 |
Mission duration | 14 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Bion 9 |
Spacecraft type | Bion |
Manufacturer | TsSKB |
Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 September 1989, 06:30:00 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U 11A511U s/n T15000-599 |
Launch site | Plesetsk, Site 41/1 |
Contractor | TsSKB |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | Soviet Space Forces |
Landing date | 29 September 1989, 02:53 UTC |
Landing site | Mirny, Soviet Russia, Soviet Union |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 216 km (134 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 294 km (183 mi) |
Inclination | 82.30° |
Period | 89.30 minutes |
Kosmos 2044, or Bion 9 (in Russian: Бион 9, Космос 2044) was a biomedical research mission involving in nine countries plus ESA: United Kingdom, Hungarian People's Republic, East Germany, Polish People's Republic, Czechoslovakia, United States, Canada, Australia, Soviet Union and European Space Agency (ESA). It was part of the Bion program.