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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 1 & 2
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Nov. 4, 2024, 11:18 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Ionosfera is a constellation of four ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellites developed by for Roscosmos for the project Ionozond. The satellites will operate on circular sun-synchronous orbits (SSO), at altitude of about 800 km and located in two orbital planes of two satellites each. The following science instruments are carried on the satellites: * SPER/1 Plasma and energy radiation spectrometer * SG/1 Gamma-ray spectrometer * GALS/1 Galactic cosmic ray spectrometer / 1 * LAERTES On-board Ionosonde * NBK/2 Low-frequency wave complex * ESEP Ionospheric plasma energy spectrometer * Ozonometer-TM Ozonometer * MayaK On-board radio transmitters * PES GPS-GLONASS device The launch also include a secondary payload of 53 small satellites developed by various institutions and companies in Russia and other nations (including 2 from Iran) for technology demonstration, communication and Earth observation purposes.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2579 (Bars-M No. 6)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 31, 2024, 7:51 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Note: Payload identity uncertain. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Angara 1.2 | Kosmos 2577 & 2578
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 17, 2024, 7:01 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2576
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 16, 2024, 9:21 p.m.
Angara A5/Blok DM-03 | Vostochny Angara Test Flight
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
April 11, 2024, 9 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Meteor-M No.2-4 & others
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Feb. 29, 2024, 5:43 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2575
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 9, 2024, 7:03 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2574
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 2023, 7:03 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 21, 2023, 8:48 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Note: Payload identity uncertain, possibly Bars-M #5 or a similar satellite as the insertion orbit is similar. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2572 (Razdan No. 1?)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 25, 2023, 8:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Note: Payload identity and Cosmos series number uncertain. The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite designed as a successor to the Persona (Kvarts) satellites. Reportedly Razdan will feature a significant improvement over the capabilities of its predecessors, including a new high-speed secure radio channel. Razdan features a LOMO-built optical system. The third satellite will be the first to carry a new 2 meter mirror optics that will be built by the Zverev factory in Krasnogorsk.
Polar Orbit
