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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32
Russian Space Forces | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 3, 2020, midnight
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission: Communications
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.
Low Earth Orbit
Angara A5/Briz-M | Dummy payload
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 11, 2020, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | OneWeb 4
Russian Space Forces | RUSVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Dec. 17, 2020, midnight
Soyuz 2.1a | Bars-M No. 3
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Dec. 31, 2020, midnight
Status: To Be Determined
Mission: Government/Top Secret
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 OrbitAngara A5/Briz-M | Unknown military payload
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-2 & rideshare
Russian Space Forces | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b | Resurs-P No.4
Russian Space Forces | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M | CAS500-1 & rideshare
Russian Space Forces | RUSBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 1, 2021, midnight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RUSPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Jan. 31, 2021, midnight
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