Launch
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Soyuz 2.1b | 16 x Rassvet-3
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Mission
16 x Rassvet-3
Communications
Polar Orbit
Note: Payload identities uncertain. Batch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) constellation for broadband high-speed internet access in Russia.
Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Pad
43/4 (43R)
RUS
Latitude: 62.92883
longitude: 40.457098
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Location
Europe/Moscow
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
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Rocket
Soyuz 2.1b
Soyuz-2 is the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage.
Family: Soyuz
Details
Min stage: 2
Max stage: 3m
Length: 46.3m
Diameter: 2.95
First Flight: July 26, 2008
Total launch count: 23
Successful launches: 23
Consecutive successful launches: 23
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 8200kg
Launch cost: US$80000000
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 3250kg
Manufacturer
Progress Rocket Space Center
Commercial
RUS
Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.
1996
CEO: Dmitry Baranov
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Details
Administrator: Yuri Borisov
1992
Soyuz
Soyuz
Total launch count: 340
Successful launches: 329
Consecutive successful launches: 64
Failed launches: 11
Pending launches: 2
