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Launched 2001-12-28 03:24:24 UTC32/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
59th
orbital launch attempt in 2001
Russian Space Forces
3rd
launch this year
32/1
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
365 d 17 h
since the pad's previous launch
Gonets- satellite were the civilian derivate of the military Strela-3 satellite system. The Gonets system was offered to support international health organizations to meet their global communications needs for the transfer of medical data and records to remote sites. Strela-3 was second generation of strategic store-dump military communications satellite. Development of this generation to replace the first generation Strela-1M and Strela-2M satellites began in 1973.
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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Successful
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Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
39.3m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
4,100kg
Liftoff thrust
2,713kN
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