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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1? (Kosmos 2621?)
Russian Space ForcesLaunch Successful

Glonass-K1? (Kosmos 2621?)

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Note: Payload identity uncertain. Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.

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Recorded

Mission status
Launch Successful
Launch site
43/3 (43L) · Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Previous values
Mission status
Launch in Flight
Launch site
Unknown Pad · Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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Source updates

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Liftoff. Note: Payload identity and Cosmos designation uncertain. Launch time is approximate.

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Mission status
Launch Successful

Status reported by the mission data provider.

LAUNCH SITEPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Mission

Note: Payload identity uncertain. Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.

Launch vehicle
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
Mission type
Navigation
Destination orbit
Medium 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
37
First flight
2008-07-26

Recorded timing

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Target ·

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Launch site & orbit

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

The mission in perspective

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