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Soyuz

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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
158.0 T
Thrust
―

Family

Name
Soyuz
Family
―
Variant
2-1v
Alias
―
Full Name
Soyuz 2-1v

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
2850.0 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.

Previous Flights

flew on four previous launch(es).

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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