Success
Gonets-M24, Gonets-M25, Gonets-M26 & Blits-M
Communications
Russian Space Forces(VKS)Government
Rokot/Briz-KM
LEOorbit
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. Gonets-M satellites share the ride with the Blits-M microsatellite, which is a geodesic satellite tasked with determining precise orbit parameters for GLONASS satellites.
Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 11:11 PM
Replay
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#5,921
VKS Mission
#109
Pad Launch
#159
Location Launch
#1,634
Designator
2019-096
Launch Window
NET
Dec 26, 2019, 11:11 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Rokot/Briz-KM Specs
Length
29 m
Diameter
2.5 m
Launch Mass
107 t
Thrust
1,870 kN
LEO Capacity
1,850 kg
GTO Capacity
0 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2000
Fastest Turnaround
1mo 2d
Total Launches
31
Successful
28
Failed
3
Consecutive Success
14
Maiden flight: May 16, 2000
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.
Timezone
Europe/Moscow
Local Launch Time
Dec 27, 2019, 2:11 AM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778
Russian Space Forces
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
Founded
1992
Administrator
Commander: Aleksandr Golovko
Total Launches
156
Successful
148
Failed
8
Pending
1
Consecutive Success
68