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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch SuccessfulEarth ScienceSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Launched 2024-02-29 05:43:26 UTCCosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Worldwide
39th
orbital launch attempt in 2024
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
2nd
launch this year
Cosmodrome Site 1S
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
202 d 6 h
since the pad's previous launch
Meteor-M satellites are a new generation of Russian meteorological satellites. Hitchhiking Payloads: SITRO-AIS 13-28, Zorkiy-2M-2, Pars 1 (Iran).
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.
Launches
344
Successful
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Upcoming
4
scheduled
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Launch success, all satellites have separated.
Cosmic_Penguin
·
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Updated launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to February 29
Nosu
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NET February 22, 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET early 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added tentative launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET December 2023.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
46.3m
Diameter
10.3m
To low Earth orbit
8,200kg
Liftoff thrust
4,150kN
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