NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2502

Launch Time
Thu Dec 25, 2014 03:01 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b
Image Credit: Roscosmos
VKS RF
Status: Active
Price: $20.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,020 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 44.08 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 8.36 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 2502

The Russian Lotos-S1 (14F145) satellites are one component of the next generation ELINT satellite system Liana. A development version was flown as Lotos-S.

The Liana system replaces replaces both the Tselina-2 with Lotos satellites and the naval US-PM with Pion-NKS (14F139) spacecraft.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,000.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2014

88th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

22nd mission
8th mission of 2014
20th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission