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Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2572 (Razdan No. 1?)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 25, 2023, 8:58 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
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.
Polar Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2570 (Lotos-S1 #8)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Oct. 27, 2023, 6:04 a.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Luna 25
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Aug. 10, 2023, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Luna 25 (ex-Luna-Glob) was a lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) that crashed into the lunar surface after an anomalous orbital maneuver placed it on a collision trajectory towards the Moon. It was scheduled to land near the lunar south pole at the Boguslavsky crater to prove lunar landing technology. The mission carried 30 kg of scientific instruments, including a robotic arm for soil samples and possible drilling hardware. It was planned to remain active for at least one year on the lunar surface.
Lunar Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-K2 No. 13 (Kosmos 2569)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Aug. 7, 2023, 1:20 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Glonass-K2 are the fourth generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 1645 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.
Medium Earth Orbit
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Meteor-M No.2-3 & others
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
June 27, 2023, 11:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Meteor-M satellites are a new generation of Russian meteorological satellites to replace the Meteor-3M series. The first two Meteor-M satellites will feature following instruments: - MSU-MR - Low-resolution Multispectral Scanner for global and regional for cloud cover mapping - KMSS-2 - multichannel scanning unit for Earth surface monitoring - MTVZA-GYa - imager/sounder for Atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, sea surface wind - IKFS-2 advanced IR sounder for Atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles - BRK SSPD - Data Collection System - RK-SM-MKA - Modified Rescue Radio complex One initial Meteor-M 1 satellite was built, followed by the improved Meteor-M 2 series satellites. 42 cubesats from various Russian and international organizations will be launched as co-passengers.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | Kondor-FKA No.1
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
May 26, 2023, 9:14 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
The Kondor-FKA is a small civilian radar Earth observation satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a civilian counterpart to the Kondor-E satellite. The Kondor satellite features a S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which can conduct both continous swath surweys or detailed spot surveys. The swath width is 10 km. Ground resolution is 1 to 2 m in spotlight mode, 1 to 3 m in stripmap mode and 5 to 30 m in ScanSAR mode.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Soyuz 2.1v | Kosmos 2568 (EO MKA-4)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 29, 2023, 7:57 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
March 23, 2023, 6:40 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Note: Payload identity uncertain. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
Sun-Synchronous OrbitSoyuz 2.1b | Kosmos 2565 (Lotos-S1 #7)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 30, 2022, 9:10 p.m.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Glonass-M No. 61 (Kosmos 2564)
Progress Rocket Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Nov. 28, 2022, 3:17 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite weighs 1415 kg, is equipped with 12 L-band antennas, and has an operational lifetime of 7 years.
Medium Earth Orbit
