NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Goniets-M n°33L to 35L & Skif-D

Launch Time
Sat Oct 22, 2022 19:57 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Image Credit: Roscosmos
Roscosmos
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

Goniets-M n°33L to 35L

Goniets is a Russian civilian low Earth orbit communication satellite system. It consists of a number of satellites, derived from Strela military communication satellites. Goniets-M are upgraded versions of the Goniets satellites, a civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. They are operated in the Goniets-D1M constellation. The Goniets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites.

Payloads: 3
Total Mass: 840.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Skif-D

The Russian Skif-D is a prototype for the Skif low earth orbit constellation for broadband high-speed internet access, which is part of the Sfera program, a planned Russian constellation consisting of at least 162 satellites.

Skif-D was built by ISS Reshetnev to test the technologies for the operational Skif satellites.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2022

144th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

77th mission
6th mission of 2022
74th successful mission
41st consecutive successful mission