Launch
Russian Space Forces
Angara A5/Briz-M | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
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- rocket
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- Agency
Mission
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Government/Top Secret
Unknown
Unidentified payload for the Russian military.
Status
Go for Launch
Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
Pad
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
Angara A5/Briz-M
Angara A5/Briz-M is an Angara A5 with an Briz-M upper stage previously used on the Proton launch vehicle.
Family: Angara
Variant: A5/Briz-M
Details
Min stage: 3
Max stage: 3m
Length: 55.4m
Diameter: 8.86
First Flight: Dec. 23, 2014
Total launch count: 2
Successful launches: 2
Pending launches: 1
Consecutive successful launches: 2
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 24500kg
Launch cost: US$31000000
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 5400kg
Manufacturer
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Government
RUS
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
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Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Proton | Rokot
Agency
Russian Space Forces
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
RUS
Type: Government
Details
Commander: Aleksandr Golovko
1992
Total launch count: 144
Successful launches: 136
Consecutive successful launches: 56
Failed launches: 8
Pending launches: 3
