Soyuz

Active

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (MOD_RUS)

March 29, 2018

Description

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    44.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    158 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Soyuz
  • Family
  • Variant
    2-1v
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Soyuz 2-1v
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    2850 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

Government
Minister: Gen. Sergey Shoygu
MOD_RUS 1717

The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces.

Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2575

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 9, 2024, 7:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Note: Payload identity and Cosmos series numbering uncertain. Russian military payload of unknown purposes.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2574

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 27, 2023, 7:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Note: Payload identity and Cosmos series numbering uncertain. Russian military satellite of unknown purposes.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1v | Razbeg 1 (Kosmos 2551)

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 9, 2021, 7:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Soyuz 2.1v | VNIIEM EMKA (Kosmos 2525)

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 29, 2018, 5:38 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The payload for the Soyuz-2-1v launch is a small reconnaissance satellite developed by VNIIEM and known by the acronym EMKA ("Experimental Small Space Apparatus"). Launch was originally scheduled for October and then slipped to November, December and eventually January due to technical problems with the payload.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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