NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2559

Launch Time
Mon Oct 10, 2022 02:52 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
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: 3,250 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 46.94 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 11.43 m

Mission Details

Glonass-K1 n°17L

GLONASS-K is the latest satellite design intended as a part of the Russian GLONASS radio-based satellite navigation system. Developed by ISS Reshetnev (Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems) and first launched on 26 February 2011, it is a substantial improvement of the previous GLONASS-M second-generation satellites, having a longer lifespan and better accuracy.

Payloads: 1
Medium Earth Orbit

Location

Site 43/3, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2022

134th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

76th mission
5th mission of 2022
73rd successful mission
40th consecutive successful mission