Launched called success on webcast, Arianespace CEO and head of Roscosmos both tweeted that sat is in planned orbit
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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
The CSO-2 (Composante Spatiale Optique-2) satellite is the second of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French military, replacing the Helios 2 spy satellite series.
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz STA Fregat
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Soyuz Launch Complex
- Provider
- Arianespace
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Soyuz STA Fregat
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. This stage continues to use the RD-0110 engine. The 2.1a/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-A.
- Height
- 46.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 8
- First flight
- 2011-12-17
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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