Kosmos 2044
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.
A Bion spacecraft | |
| Names | Bion 9 Biocosmos 9 Biokosmos 9 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Bioscience |
| Operator | Institute for Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) |
| COSPAR ID | 1989-075A |
| 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 |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 216 km (134 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 294 km (183 mi) |
| Inclination | 82.30° |
| Period | 89.30 minutes |
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