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Launched 2022-03-22 12:48:22 UTC43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Elliptical Orbit
Worldwide
31st
orbital launch attempt in 2022
Russian Space Forces
2nd
launch this year
43/3 (43L)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
474 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
Meridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
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Cosmic_Penguin
Height
46.3m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
7,020kg
Liftoff thrust
4,149kN
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