Failure
Meridian No. 12L
Communications
Russian Space Forces(VKS)Government
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat
Ellipticalorbit
Russian highly elliptic communications satellite
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:53 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,985
VKS Mission
#72
Pad Launch
#263
Location Launch
#1,566
Designator
2009-029
Launch Window
NET
May 21, 2009, 9:53 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat Specs
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2006
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 5d
Total Launches
3
Successful
2
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
0
Maiden flight: Oct 19, 2006
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
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
May 22, 2009, 1:53 AM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778