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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32
Russian Space ForcesLaunch Successful

Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

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This page records Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

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Rogozin confirms good satellites separation, deployment of solar panels and other structures.

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Launched per source at NK forums.

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Updated T-0 per source at NK forums.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

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LAUNCH SITEPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

Launch vehicle
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Launch pad
43/3 (43L)
Provider
Russian Space Forces

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
Roscosmos
Launch vehicle

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for 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 first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.

Height
46.3 m
Diameter
10.3 m
Stages
4
Recorded launches
34
First flight
2008-07-26

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Launch site & orbit

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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