Mir ejects payload Credit - RKK Energia

Launched from Salyut 7 airlock. Conduct of experiments in the field of amateur radio communications.

Typical orbit: 343 km x 351 km at 52 degrees inclination. Mass: 28 kg (61 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K, Vostok 8A92M.

• 1981 July 10 - Iskra - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M. Perigee: 618 km (384 mi). Apogee: 645 km (400 mi). Inclination: 97.70 deg. Period: 97.34 min.

  Conduct of scientific experiments to study diffusion and heat processes in weightlessness.

• 1982 April 19 - Iskra 2 - Program: Salyut 7. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K. Mass: 28 kg (61 lb). Perigee: 336 km (208 mi). Apogee: 345 km (214 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.40 min.

  Deployed from Salyut 7 5/17/82. Launched from Salyut 7. Experiments in amateur radio communications. Launched into orbit from aboard the Salyut-7 orbital scientific station.

• 1982 November 18 - Iskra 3 - Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Salyut 7 EO-1. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K. Perigee: 349 km (216 mi). Apogee: 356 km (221 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.60 min.

  Launched from Salyut 7 airlock. Conduct of experiments in the field of amateur radiocommunications.

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