Kosmos 2229
A Bion spacecraft | |
| Names | Bion 10 Bion '92 Biocosmos 10 Biokosmos 10 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Bioscience |
| Operator | Institute for Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) |
| COSPAR ID | 1992-095A |
| SATCAT no. | 22300 |
| Mission duration | 12 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Bion 10 |
| Spacecraft type | Bion |
| Bus | Zenit |
| Manufacturer | TsSKB |
| Launch mass | 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 December 1992, 13:30:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U 11A511U (s/n U15000-033) |
| Launch site | Plesetsk, Site 43/3 |
| Contractor | TsSKB |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | Russian Space Forces |
| Landing date | 10 January 1993, 04:19 UTC |
| Landing site | 50°46′N 73°08′E / 50.767°N 73.133°E, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 225 km (140 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 393 km (244 mi) |
| Inclination | 62.80° |
| Period | 90.40 minutes |
Kosmos 2229, or Bion 10 (in Russian: Бион 10, Космос 2229) was a biomedical research mission involving in ten countries plus European Space Agency (ESA). A Russian spacecraft, was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. It was part of the Bion programme.