Soyuz 2.1v | Razbeg 1 (Kosmos 2551)
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Sept. 9, 2021, 7 p.m. - Sept. 9, 2021, 9 p.m.
Sept. 9, 2021, 7 p.m. - Sept. 9, 2021, 9 p.m.
The Russian Razbeg 1 is small military satellite optical reconnaissance satellite. It was built by NPP VNIIEM. It is likely the same satellite identified in earlier reports as Zvesda. The 250 kg satellite was reportedly inspired by the US American commercial Earth imaging satellites of the SkySat 1 series. It features a camera built by the Belarusian company OAO Peleng with a maximum ground resolution of 0.9 meters in panchromatic mode.
Launch time now TBD.
Added launch based on insider report which is confirmed by multiple NOTAMs.
Launch is successful at 19:59 UTC
New launch time.
A classified Russian military satellite, possibly designed with a new miniature reconnaissance camera, launched Sept. 9 on a single-core version of the Soyuz rocket. The Soyuz 2-1v rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in far nort…
At 19:59 UTC on September 9, a Soyuz 2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome carrying the Razbeg n°1 satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense. The launch was originally scheduled for mid-July, but multiple launc…
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