Soyuz STB

Active

Progress Rocket Space Center (PRSC)

Oct. 12, 2012

Description

The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage. First launch took place from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 on 26 July 2008 with a classified military payload. The 2.1b/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-B.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    46.3 m
  • Diameter
    2.95 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    310 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Soyuz STB
  • Family
  • Variant
    Fregat-MT
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Soyuz STB Fregat-MT
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $80000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    8200 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    3250 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    4900 kg

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.

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Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Nov. 7, 2018, 12:47 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

MetOp is a series of three polar orbiting meteorological satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | Hispasat 36W-1 (Hispasat AG1)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Jan. 28, 2017, 1:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Hispasat 36W-1, also known as Hispasat AG-1, is a Spanish geostationary communications satellite. Joining the Hispasat fleet, this 3200 kg satellite is to operate in orbit for 15 years, providing its multimedia services to Europe, the Canary Islands and South America.

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Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | Gaia

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 19, 2013, 9:12 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Gaia's ambitious mission is to chart a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way, in process revealing the composition, formation and evolution of our galaxy.

Sun-Earth L2
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Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
June 25, 2013, 7:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The O3b Satellite Constellation is designed for telecommunications and data backhaul from remote locations.

Medium Earth Orbit
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Soyuz STB/Fregat-MT | Galileo L2 (IOV FM03-FM04)

Progress Rocket Space Center | Russia
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Oct. 12, 2012, 6:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The 3rd and 4th In Orbit Validation satellites of the Galileo constellation. The Galileo constellation is ESA's satellite navigation system and is expected to be completed by 2020. Galileo will provide Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

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