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Entry no.
1997-0007

BION 11

BION 11 (NORAD 24701) landed on 7 January 1997, after 14 days in orbit.

Official date
NORAD number
24701
International designator
1996-073A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
24 Dec 1996Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
7 Jan 1997Recorded time 05:02 UTC
Time in orbit
14 days14 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
62.8°N to 62.8°SFinal inclination 62.8°
Mass
2,040 kg
Operator
IMBP / TsSKB-Progress
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
Bion
Programme
Bion

Where it came down

Latitude band its orbit allowed
Exact position not recorded

No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 62.8°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 62.8°N and 62.8°S.

Life in orbit

14 days

From the same launch

1996-073
1997-0032SL-4 R/B
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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