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This page records Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Meridian-M No.20L and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Mission
Meridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Elliptical Orbit
- Launch pad
- 43/3 (43L)
- Provider
- Russian Space Forces
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
The 2.1a version includes conversion from analog to digital flight control system and uprated engines on the booster and the first stage with improved injection systems. The new digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to launch from a fixed rather than angled launch platform and adjust its heading in flight. A digital control system also enables the launch of larger commercial satellites with wider and longer payload fairings such as the ST-type fairing. These fairings introduce too much aerodynamic instability for the old analog system to handle.
- Height
- 46.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 19
- First flight
- 2010-10-19
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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DestinationElliptical Orbit
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