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Rokot / Briz-KM · MiR
Launched 2012-07-28 01:35:34 UTC133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
43rd
orbital launch attempt in 2012
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
2nd
launch this year
133/3 (133L)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
542 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launches
22
Successful
20
91%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
29m
Diameter
2.5m
To low Earth orbit
1,850kg
Liftoff thrust
1,870kN
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