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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch SuccessfulEarth ScienceSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Launched 2022-08-09 05:52:38 UTC31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
100th
orbital launch attempt in 2022
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
4th
launch this year
31/6
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
66 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
Khayyam, also known as Project 505, is a Russian built Earth observation satellite for Iran. The satellite is built by VNIIEM and NPK Barl on a currently unidentified satellite bus, with resolution reaching < 1 m.
16 Russian cubesats from various institutions/universities are also arranged for launch as secondary payload by Aerospace Capital.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1992 · Administrator Yuri Borisov
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
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Liftoff
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Added launch per NOTAMs, Russian/Iranian news reports and US media coverage of this new Russian-Iranian satellite project. (https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4199/1)
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
46.3m
Diameter
10.3m
To low Earth orbit
8,200kg
Liftoff thrust
4,150kN
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