Soyuz 2.1a/Volga
ActiveProgress Rocket Space Center (PRSC)
Nov. 8, 2004
Description
In addition to the switch to digital flight control systems as part of the Soyuz 2.1A, this version utilizes the Volga upper stage.
Specifications
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Minimum Stage
2 -
Max Stage
3 -
Length
19.6 m -
Diameter
2.68 m -
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
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Thrust
4149.0 kN
Family
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Name
Soyuz 2.1a/Volga -
Family
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Variant
Volga -
Alias
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Full Name
Soyuz 2.1a Volga
Payload Capacity
-
Launch Cost
$80000000 -
Low Earth Orbit
― -
Geostationary Transfer
Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Progress Rocket Space Center
Commercial
CEO: Dmitry Baranov
PRSC 1996Progress 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.
Soyuz-2.1a/Volga | Mikhailo Lomonosov, Aist-2D & SamSat 218
Progress Rocket Space Center | RussiaVostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
April 28, 2016, 2:01 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
MVL-300 is named after Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov to honour the 300th year since his birth. The Russian mission will study transient phenomena in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, as well as observing cosmic rays and gamma ray bursts. With a short lifespan of 5 years, the 450kg craft will operate in a 550km Sun-Synchronous orbit.This will mark the first Soyuz mission to launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia
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