Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R)

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Sun-Synchronous Orbit 35/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Russian military radar satellite.

Updates

SwGustav • April 29, 2022, 8:45 p.m.

Success confirmed

SwGustav • April 29, 2022, 7:59 p.m.

Liftoff confirmed

Cosmic_Penguin • April 29, 2022, 1:15 p.m.

Probably back for today (TBC)

SwGustav • April 28, 2022, 9:01 p.m.

Scrub

Cosmic_Penguin • April 26, 2022, 12:07 a.m.

New launch date

Angara 1.2

Family:
Configuration: 1.2

The Angara 1.2 is the base launcher for the Angara launch family that uses a modular approach to create multiple launch vehicle configurations for various mission requirements. The Angara 1.2 consists of a standard Universal Rocket Module for the core stage and either a modified Block I Upper Stage or a Briz-KM upper stage.

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Specifications

Stages
2
Length
41.5 m
Diameter
2.9 m
Fairing Diameter
2.9 m
Launch Mass
171.0 T
Thrust
1920.0 kN

Family

Name
Angara 1.2
Family
―
Variant
1.2
Alias
―
Full Name
Angara 1.2

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$31000000
Low Earth Orbit
3700.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
2400.0 kg

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

(KhSC)

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy Founded: 1916 Successes: 183 Failures: 15 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

35/1

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