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Entry no.
2013-0163
BION M1
BION M1 (NORAD 39130) landed on 19 May 2013 over Asia, after 1 month in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
39130
International designator
2013-015A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
Russia
Launched
19 Apr 2013Baikonur Cosmodrome
Landed (UTC)
19 May 2013Recorded time 03:12 UTC
Time in orbit
1 month30 days
How it ended
Landed
Latitude range
64.9°N to 64.9°SFinal inclination 64.9°
Mass
2,415 kg
Operator
Roskosmos
Built by
TsSKB-Progress
Bus
Bion-M
Programme
Bion
Where it came down
Recorded positionRecorded position 52.5°N, 55.2°E at 03:12 UTC. Its final orbit, inclined at 64.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 64.9°N and 64.9°S.
Life in orbit
1 monthBION M1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 19 May 2013
1 entryFrom the same launch
2013-015Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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