Program: Foton

Russia / CIS

Scientific Russian program: Micro-gravity. The satellite is partially recoverable. It carries scientific experiments for Russia and other countries.
The Foton satellite, built by the Central Specialized Design Bureau in Samara, is based on the Vostok/Zenit spy satellite bus. The spacecraft consists of a spherical descent module, a service module with solid-propellant deorbit motor, and a separable battery pack.



Foton:

Satellite Flight dates Duration Launcher & site Orbit
Cosmos 1645 (Foton #1) 1985, April 16-29 13 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  215x390x62.8
Cosmos 1744 (Foton #2) 1986 May 21-Jun 04 14 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  219x 373x62.8
Cosmos 1841 (Foton #3) 1987 Apr 24-May 08 14 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  218x381x62.8
Foton 1 (Foton #4) 1988 Apr 14-28 14 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  219x374x62.8
Foton 2 (Foton #5) 1989 Apr 26-May 12 16 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  222x378x62.8
Foton 3 (Foton #6) 1990 Apr 11-27 16 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  
Foton 4 (Foton #7) 1991 Oct 04-20 16 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  
Foton 5 (Foton #8) 1992 Oct 08-24 16 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  
Foton 6 (Foton #9) 1994 Jun 14-Jul 02 18 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  219x351x62.81
Foton 7 (Foton #10) 1995 Feb 16-Mar 03 15 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  
Foton 8 (Foton #11) 1997 Oct 09-23 14 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  
Foton 9 (Foton #12) 1999 Sep 09-24 15 d Soyuz-U - Plesetsk  220x380x62.8

Foton-M:

Satellite Date LS Launcher Remarks:
Foton-M 1 (Foton #13) (Foton-M #1) 15.10.2002 Plesetsk Soyuz-U  
Foton-M 2 (Foton #14) (Foton-M #2) 31.05.2005 Baik. Soyuz-U  
Foton-M 3 (Foton #15) (Foton-M #3) 14.09.2007 Baik. Soyuz-U with YES2
Foton-M 4 (Foton #16) (Foton-M #4) 18.07.2014 Baik. Soyuz-2-1a  
Ref: #7(JR035), #14, #15 - update: 19.10.14