Rokot/Briz-KM

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Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VKO)

May 16, 2000

Description

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    29.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.5 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    107.0 T
  • Thrust
    1870.0 kN
  • Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
    1500.0 km
Family
  • Name
    Rokot/Briz-KM
  • Family
  • Variant
    Briz-KM
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Rokot/Briz-KM
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1850.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

Government
None
VKO

None

Rokot/Briz-KM | Gonets-M24, Gonets-M25, Gonets-M26 & Blits-M

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 26, 2019, 11:11 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region. Gonets-M satellites share the ride with the Blits-M microsatellite, which is a geodesic satellite tasked with determining precise orbit parameters for GLONASS satellites.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Geo-IK-2 N13L (Kosmos 2540)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 30, 2019, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geo-IK-2 is a Russian geodesy mission to deliver precise three-dimensional maps of the Earth’s surface and gravitational data for use in scientific studies and military applications. Using GLONASS for accurate positioning data, the 1400kg satellite will operate in a 1000km polar orbit.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2530, 2531, 2532)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 30, 2018, 2:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Rodnik is a series of military communications satellites.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Sentinel-3B

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
April 25, 2018, 5:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Sentinel-3B is the second in a constellation of earth observation satellites developed by ESA to provide near real time data for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Program. Sentinel-3B contains a temperature scanner, colour instrument and altimeter for monitoring the sea and land. The satellite focuses on providing accurate data about the oceans and in addition also provides information about wildfires and vegetation.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Sentinel-5P

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 13, 2017, 9:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Sentinel-5P, also known as Sentinel-5 Precursor, is an Earth observation satellite developed by European space agency as a part of Copernicus Programme. Being the first mission of the program dedicated to monitoring air pollution, Sentinel-5P is tasked to perform atmospheric measurements relating to air quality, climate forcing, ozone and UV radiation.

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Rokot/Briz-KM | Geo-IK-2 No.12L (Kosmos 2517)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 4, 2016, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geo-IK-2 will conduct high precision geodesic measurements to improve our understanding and models of the earth. Using GLONASS for accurate positioning data, the 1400kg satellite will operate in a 1000km polar orbit.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Sentinel-3A

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 16, 2016, 5:57 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Sentinel-3A is the first in a pair of earth observation satellites developed by ESA to provide near real time data for the GMES Program. Sentinel-3A contains a temperature scanner, colour instrument and altimeter for monitoring the sea and land. The satellite focuses on providing accurate data about the oceans and in addition also provides information about wildfires and vegetation.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos 2507, Kosmos 2508, Kosmos 2509)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 23, 2015, 9:59 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-21, Gonets M-22, Gonets M-23, Kosmos 2504

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 31, 2015, 1:47 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets-M18, Gonets-M19, Gonets-M20

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 3, 2014, 12:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | 3x Strela-3M (Kosmos 2496, Kosmos 2497, Kosmos 2498) & Kosmos 2499

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 23, 2014, 5:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified payload for Russia

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Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489, Kosmos-2490) & Kosmos-2491

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 25, 2013, 12:31 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Rokot / Briz-KM | Swarm A, B, C

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 22, 2013, 12:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European Space Agency's mission Swarm consists of 3 satellites tasked with studying Earth's magnetic field.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-14, Gonets M-16, Gonets M-17

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 11, 2013, 11:23 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | 3 x Strela-3M (Kosmos-2482, Kosmos-2483, Kosmos-2484)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 15, 2013, 4:24 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 28, 2012, 1:35 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

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Rokot/Briz-KM | Geo-IK-2 No.11L (Kosmos 2470)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Feb. 1, 2011, 2 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

Geo-IK-2 is a Russian geodesy mission to deliver precise three-dimensional maps of the Earth’s surface and gravitational data for use in scientific studies and military applications. This satellite was supposed to be the first one of the two-spacecraft system, however it was not delivered to an operational orbit due to upper stage underperformance.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets-M12 & 2 x Strela-3 (Kosmos 2467, Kosmos 2468)

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Sept. 8, 2010, 3:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | SERVIS-2

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 2, 2010, 1:59 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Rokot / Briz-KM | SMOS

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 2, 2009, 1:50 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) is a earth observation satellite operated by ESA. It is intented to provide new insights into Earth's water cycle and climate.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Strela-3 140 & 141

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 6, 2009, 1:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

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Rokot / Briz-KM | GOCE

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 17, 2009, 2:21 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

European Earth observation satellite complementing the CHAMP and GRACE missions

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Strela-3 137 to 139

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 23, 2008, 3:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second generation store-dump military communications satellites

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Arirang-2

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
July 28, 2006, 7:05 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

KOMPSAT 2 (Korean Multi-purpose Satellite 2) is a lightweight Earth observation satellite developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute KARI. It provides high-resolution images, produced by the Multi-Spectral Camera (MSC), of the Korean peninsula for the production of maps and digital elevation models, applications for which include land use planning and disaster and risk management.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | CRYOSAT

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 8, 2005, 3:02 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

CryoSat-1 was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on October 8, 2005, using a Rockot launcher. (Rockot is a modified SS-19 rocket which was originally an ICBM designed to deliver nuclear weapons, but which Russia is now eliminating in accordance with the START treaties.) According to Mr. Yuri Bakhvalov, First Deputy Director General of the Khrunichev Space Centre, when the automatic command to switch off the second stage engine did not take effect, the second stage continued to operate until it ran out of fuel and as a consequence the planned separation of the third (Breeze-KM) stage of the rocket which carried the CryoSat satellite did not take place, and would thus have remained attached to the second stage. The upper rocket stages, together with the satellite, probably crashed in the Lincoln Sea. Analysis of the error revealed that it was caused by faults in the programming of the rocket, which had not been detected in simulations.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Monitor-E No. 1

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 26, 2005, 6:34 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Monitor-E had a set of remote sensing devices. They were intended to make maps of the Earth's surface to be used for ecological monitoring and charting geological features. It was built by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | SERVIS-1

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 30, 2003, 1:43 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

SERVIS-1, or Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System 1, is a Japanese satellite designed for testing the performance of commercial off-the-shelf products in the space environment.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Mimosa

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 30, 2003, 2:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

MIMOSA (Micro Measurements Of Satellite Acceleration) is a microsatellite to measure atmospheric drag.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | Iridium 97 & 98

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
June 20, 2002, 9:33 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, pagers and integrated transceivers over the entire Earth surface.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | GRACE

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 17, 2002, 9:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) was a joint mission of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Twin satellites took detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field anomalies from its launch in March 2002 to the end of its science mission in October 2017.

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Rokot / Briz-KM | SimSat 1 & 2

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces | Russia
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 16, 2000, 8:27 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The SimSat (Simulated Satellite) payloads were dynamic mass models representing Iridium satellites. They were used on the first Rokot-KM launch to test the dynamics of the Iridium launch dispenser and the new Briz-KM upper stage.

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Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 7 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-66
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Soyuz 2.1a
Success
2 days, 11 hours ago
Progress MS-29 (90P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.


Starship
Success
4 days, 1 hour ago
Integrated Flight Test 6
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Sixth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 5 hours ago
GSAT-20 (GSAT-N2)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

GSAT-20 is an Indian geostationary Ka-band high-throughput communications satellite. GSAT 20 is reportedly built on the I-6K unified modular bus a…


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 18 hours ago
Starlink Group 9-12
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.