Начало финансирования – 2015 год Ориентировочная дата запуска – 2019 год Продолжительность полета – 30 суток Высота орбиты – 1000 км Аппаратура – аналогичная той, которая использовалась на КА «БИОН-М» №1, но модифицированная с учетом результатов ЛИ. Биообъекты – мыши C57bl, улитки, насекомые, растения, культуры клеток, микроорганизмы
A change of launch vehicle compared with Bion-M 1.Do we know if this launch is scheduled for Baikonur or not?
Further details (in Russian):-http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/order/notice/ok44/view/common-info.html?regNumber=0173100007015000058
Quote from: Stan Black on 04/16/2015 07:36 pmFurther details (in Russian):-http://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/order/notice/ok44/view/common-info.html?regNumber=0173100007015000058Just quickly scanning this and the orbit for Bion-M 2 is planned to be higher than for Bion-M 1: 800-1,000 km: and the inclination could be either 51.8 deg (never used in the Bion programme before) or 65 deg. Satellite mass ~6,400 kg.
Roskosmos has placed orders for two Soyuz-2-1b for Bion-M №2 and Resurs-PM №1. Both requirements look the same, so both for Baikonur?https://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802720000066https://www.zakupki.gov.ru/epz/contract/contractCard/common-info.html?reestrNumber=4770238802720000063
https://ria.ru/20210204/luna-1595945667.htmlGoogle translate:QuoteThe interlocutor of RIA Novosti noted that the alteration of the Bion-M biosatellite number 2 for the tasks of the Kovcheg project is technically feasible and has been confirmed to Roscosmos by the spacecraft developer, the Progress Rocket and Space Center."It is proposed to launch the apparatus on the new Soyuz-5 carrier rocket as part of its flight tests," the source said. Earlier it was reported that the first launch of the Soyuz-5 rocket as part of flight tests is planned for the end of 2023. In total, within the framework of the tests, it is planned to carry out three launches until 2025 inclusive.
The interlocutor of RIA Novosti noted that the alteration of the Bion-M biosatellite number 2 for the tasks of the Kovcheg project is technically feasible and has been confirmed to Roscosmos by the spacecraft developer, the Progress Rocket and Space Center."It is proposed to launch the apparatus on the new Soyuz-5 carrier rocket as part of its flight tests," the source said. Earlier it was reported that the first launch of the Soyuz-5 rocket as part of flight tests is planned for the end of 2023. In total, within the framework of the tests, it is planned to carry out three launches until 2025 inclusive.
Изготовление и поставка сборочно-защитного блока 17С13А8 для запуска космического аппарата «Бион-М» № 2
So launch on Soyuz 2?
Oleg Orlov: scientists want to conduct long-term missions to the ROS11:00 08/22/2022 (updated: 11:11 08/22/2022)<snip>When will the Bion-M satellite No. 2 be launched? When is it possible to launch "Bion-M" No. 3 for biomedical indication of a high-latitude orbit?- The launch of the biosatellite "BION-M" No. 2, most likely, will take place in 24. Regarding "BIONA-M" No. 3, we assume the possibility of its launch in 2027-2028, subject to the start of work in 2023. So far, there has been no response to our proposal.<snip>https://ria.ru/20220822/orlov-1811222576.html
https://nauka.tass.ru/nauka/18849649Google translate:QuoteMOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/. The Roscosmos State Corporation plans to launch the biological satellite Bion-M No. 2 with mice and fruit flies on board no later than July 31, 2024. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Scientific and Technical Project - Deputy Chief Designer of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences. Vladimir Sychev.The biological satellite will be launched into a high-latitude orbit in preparation for the further creation of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS). “The timing of the launch of Bion-M No. 2 has not changed; it is planned to launch in 2024. There is a so-called catch-up schedule, which states that the launch should take place no later than July 31,” Sychev said...
MOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/. The Roscosmos State Corporation plans to launch the biological satellite Bion-M No. 2 with mice and fruit flies on board no later than July 31, 2024. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Scientific and Technical Project - Deputy Chief Designer of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences. Vladimir Sychev.The biological satellite will be launched into a high-latitude orbit in preparation for the further creation of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS). “The timing of the launch of Bion-M No. 2 has not changed; it is planned to launch in 2024. There is a so-called catch-up schedule, which states that the launch should take place no later than July 31,” Sychev said...
MOSCOW, April 8. /TASS/. The launch of the biological satellite "Bion-M" No. 2 is planned for September 1. This was reported to TASS by the director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, academician Oleg Orlov.“The launch of the Bion-M biosatellite is scheduled for September 1,” Orlov said after a press conference dedicated to the upcoming Cosmonautics Day. During the conference itself, Orlov said that the launch is expected in September, but did not give an exact date. Then he added that if the mission is postponed further, it will be to 2025.
https://kosmodrom.space/raspisanie-zapuskovQuoteБАЙКОНУРБион-МАналог «Союза», только для братьев наших меньших - космический аппарат для полётов животных. Аппарат способен находиться на орбите и обеспечивать пассажиров всем необходимым в течение 30 дней, после чего спускаемый аппарат доставляет их на Землю, где учёные изучают результаты экспериментов - воздействие микрогравитации на живые организмы.Дата запуска: -Даты тура: -Quote from: Google translateBAIKONURBion-MAn analogue of the Soyuz, only for our smaller brothers - a spacecraft for animal flights. The device is capable of staying in orbit and providing passengers with everything they need for 30 days, after which the descent module delivers them to Earth, where scientists study the results of experiments - the effects of microgravity on living organisms.Launch date: -Tour dates: -Bion-M TBD.
БАЙКОНУРБион-МАналог «Союза», только для братьев наших меньших - космический аппарат для полётов животных. Аппарат способен находиться на орбите и обеспечивать пассажиров всем необходимым в течение 30 дней, после чего спускаемый аппарат доставляет их на Землю, где учёные изучают результаты экспериментов - воздействие микрогравитации на живые организмы.Дата запуска: -Даты тура: -
BAIKONURBion-MAn analogue of the Soyuz, only for our smaller brothers - a spacecraft for animal flights. The device is capable of staying in orbit and providing passengers with everything they need for 30 days, after which the descent module delivers them to Earth, where scientists study the results of experiments - the effects of microgravity on living organisms.Launch date: -Tour dates: -
Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 08/02/2024 02:03 amOther than the August 15 Progress MS-28 launch and the September 11 Soyuz MS-26 launch, are there any other Russian orbital launches (even if only rumored) in the near future?Bion is postponed to 2025.A Glonass may be launched.
Other than the August 15 Progress MS-28 launch and the September 11 Soyuz MS-26 launch, are there any other Russian orbital launches (even if only rumored) in the near future?
SAMARA, October 2. /TASS/. The launch of the biological satellite Bion-M No2 is scheduled for March 2025. This was announced by the director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Orlov.Earlier, the postponement of the launch of the device to 2025 was announced by a TASS source in IBMP."Now we are preparing for the launch of Bion-MNo2, which will fly in March next year," Orlov said at the plenary session of the industry scientific and practical conference "Roscosmos Constellation: Trajectory of Science".
https://kosmodrom.space/raspisanie-zapuskovGoogle translate:QuoteBAIKONURBion-M...Launch date: July 2025
BAIKONURBion-M...Launch date: July 2025
25 Marchhttps://kosmodrom.space/raspisanie-zapuskov
Large dump of launch dates from tour operators: https://kosmodrom.space/raspisanie-zapuskov<snip>* Bion-M #2: July 20 15:13 UTC (launch time is for when this was scheduled to launch in March, but https://x.com/katlinegrey/status/1922323046469091829 confirms it)<snip>
https://t.me/rt_space/1295Google translate;QuoteSummer is flying, and you haven't been to the launch yet? For those who missed the night Progress on July 3 - Bion-M is on the schedule, and also for the evening: launch on August 20 at 22:13, sunset at 19:46. There is practically no time to receive the documents, so catch a low-cost: express program: fly only on the launch day, we will show everything we have time for and in the evening - to the NP!22:13 LT = 20:13 DMT = 17:13 UTC.
Summer is flying, and you haven't been to the launch yet? For those who missed the night Progress on July 3 - Bion-M is on the schedule, and also for the evening: launch on August 20 at 22:13, sunset at 19:46. There is practically no time to receive the documents, so catch a low-cost: express program: fly only on the launch day, we will show everything we have time for and in the evening - to the NP!
12KSM nşA15000-01.
The biosatellite will carry 75 mice, 1,500 fruit flies, as well as plants and microorganisms. The device is planned to be launched into high-latitude orbit to test its safety, since in the future a Russian orbital station may be launched there.
Katya Pavlushchenko@katlinegrey·Soyuz 2.1b with #BionM №2 satellite has been assembled today on Baikonur. On the same day, it will be rolled out to the launch pad.Usually, Soyuz is rolled out 3 days before launch, but this time, animals are on board, so this time prelaunch operations will take only 1 day.
afec7032 🇷🇺@robert_savitsky·Soyuz-2.1b with Bion-M №2 spacecraft is being rolled out to the launch pad right now (video from roscosmos).
Launcher A15000-059?
On Wednesday, August 20, at 20:13:10 Moscow time, a unique scientific mission is to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome - the Bion-M No. 2 spacecraft. This is a real biological laboratory for studying life in space. Roscosmos, together with the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is sending an unusual team into orbit: 75 mice, one and a half thousand fruit flies, microorganisms, plant seeds, including tomatoes, mushrooms and ants.On Tuesday, the Soyuz rocket with the Bion-M No. 2 biological satellite will be rolled out. Usually, the rocket is rolled out a few days before the launch - specialists are making final preparations at the launch complex, Roscosmos said.But what is special about the Bion launch? No more than 72 hours should pass from the moment the spacecraft is closed by the fairing flaps to the "Ascent Contact". This is due to the preservation of biological samples that are on board. The task is to get into zero gravity as quickly as possible. This is important for the "tailed", "flying" and "green" passengers of the biosatellite.The "Bion-M" program No. 2 includes more than 30 experiments. Scientists from the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems are conducting one of the experiments together with Russian and Belarusian schoolchildren: the children are sending tomato seeds into space. The experiment is called "Into Space with Your Tomato"."Rossiyskaya Gazeta" and the publishing house "Belarus Today", on whose platform the newspaper "SOYUZ" is published, have become the unifying platform for this unique scientific research.
I gather there are no rideshare payloads on this flight?
There seems some confusion about the orbit. Most sources mentioned it to be 800-1000 km. A few say 370-380 km. Why that difference in some sources?
Quote from: ralfvandebergh on 08/20/2025 02:18 pmThere seems some confusion about the orbit. Most sources mentioned it to be 800-1000 km. A few say 370-380 km. Why that difference in some sources?As far as I understand, the planned orbit was revised in 2022. Before this, it was 800x800/51.6°. Hence the confusion (even in Wikipedia, some media outlets probably get their data from there).
NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight·Replying to @NASASpaceflightAnd S/C Sep. Mice in space! They will be returned for a landing, but some will be rewarded for their space exploits by being dissected
Why was it revised? To be compatible with the upcoming Russian orbital station?
Can someone upload the PDF version of the press kit?
Perigee has been lowered to 146 km a few days ago. So yes, it's coming back.
Quote from: koroljow on 09/16/2025 08:57 pmPerigee has been lowered to 146 km a few days ago. So yes, it's coming back.No space force TLEs since Sep 12 (indeed the last one showing it in a 147 x 486 km orbit).Perhaps it already landed?
afec7032 🇷🇺@robert_savitskyThe descent module of Bion-M №2 has landed in Orenburg Oblast after a 30-day mission
The Space Pirate🏴☠️🥷🏻🚀@TheSpacePirateXThe first minutes after landing: specialists open the Biona-M descent module to remove containers with living organisms and hand them over to scientists.
afec7032 🇷🇺@robert_savitskyRoscosmos shows some views from inside the Bion-M №2 spacecraft, specifically from inside the mice container:
Do we know how many of the mice and other animals survived the re-entry?If I am not mistaken, in Bion-M-1 many mice died while the capsule was still in orbit.
Quote from: jcm on 09/18/2025 12:27 amQuote from: koroljow on 09/16/2025 08:57 pmPerigee has been lowered to 146 km a few days ago. So yes, it's coming back.No space force TLEs since Sep 12 (indeed the last one showing it in a 147 x 486 km orbit).Perhaps it already landed?New TLE from today show Bion-M at 264x279 km @ 96,92°. So, the previous data from September 12th may have been erroneous (inclination @95,5°).
Quote from: koroljow on 09/18/2025 09:07 pmQuote from: jcm on 09/18/2025 12:27 amQuote from: koroljow on 09/16/2025 08:57 pmPerigee has been lowered to 146 km a few days ago. So yes, it's coming back.No space force TLEs since Sep 12 (indeed the last one showing it in a 147 x 486 km orbit).Perhaps it already landed?New TLE from today show Bion-M at 264x279 km @ 96,92°. So, the previous data from September 12th may have been erroneous (inclination @95,5°).Yes, and there's a TLE set out now showing it in a ludicrously incorrect 465 x 3622 km x 102.8 deg orbit, no idea what Space Force are smoking these days...
Yes, and there's a TLE set out now showing it in a ludicrously incorrect 465 x 3622 km x 102.8 deg orbit, no idea what Space Force are smoking these days...
