NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2514

Launch Time
Sun Feb 07, 2016 00:21 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
Image Credit: Roscosmos
VKS RF
Status: Active
Price: $25.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,000 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 46.94 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 11.43 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 2514

GLONASS or "GLObal NAvigation Satellite System", is a space-based satellite navigation system operating as part of a radionavigation-satellite service. It provides an alternative to GPS and is the second navigational system in operation with global coverage and of comparable precision.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,415.0 kg
Medium Earth Orbit

Location

Site 43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2016

8th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

29th mission
1st mission of 2016
27th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission