Government/Top Secret
Note: Payload identity uncertain. Multiple other military payloads that are not identified may be on board. Lotos-S1 spacecraft is a part of the Liana constellation, designed for orbital electronic intelligence.
Orbital Attempt
#6,542
VKS Mission
#136
Pad Launch
#229
Location Launch
#1,663
Designator
2023-165
Oct 27, 2023, 6:04 AM
Second
1 update
4:00 AM
Window Open
8:00 AM
Window Close
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
Oct 27, 2023, 9:04 AM
Total Launches
1,686
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778
