Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Khayyam & rideshare
Launch Successful
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Aug. 9, 2022, 5:52 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Aug. 9, 2022, 5:52 a.m. - Aug. 9, 2022, 5:52 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 9, 2022, 5:52 a.m. - Aug. 9, 2022, 5:52 a.m.
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.
Success confirmed
Liftoff
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)
Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.
Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.
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