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Russian Space ForcesLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretSoyuz 2.1b · Razdan No. 1?
Launched 2023-11-25 20:58:06 UTC43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Worldwide
191st
orbital launch attempt in 2023
Russian Space Forces
5th
launch this year
43/4 (43R)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
241 d 1 h
since the pad's previous launch
Note: Payload identity and Cosmos series number uncertain.
The Razdan satellite is reportedly a new electro-optical reconnaissance satellite designed as a successor to the Persona (Kvarts) satellites.
Reportedly Razdan will feature a significant improvement over the capabilities of its predecessors, including a new high-speed secure radio channel.
Razdan features a LOMO-built optical system. The third satellite will be the first to carry a new 2 meter mirror optics that will be built by the Zverev factory in Krasnogorsk.
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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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET November 25.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
46.3m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
8,200kg
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