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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat

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Progress Rocket Space Center (PRSC)

Oct. 19, 2006

Description

Specifications

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Family

Name
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat
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Variant
Fregat
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Full Name
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat

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Progress Rocket Space Center

Commercial

Dmitry Baranov

PRSC 1996

Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.

Previous Flights

flew on three previous launch(es).

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat | Meridian No. 12L

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 21, 2009, 9:53 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

Russian highly elliptic communications satellite

Elliptical Orbit

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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat | Meridian No. 11L

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 24, 2006, 8:34 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Russian highly elliptic communications satellite

Elliptical Orbit

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Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat | METOP A

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Oct. 19, 2006, 4:28 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

European polar orbiting meteorological satellite

Polar Orbit

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