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Razbeg 1 (Kosmos 2551)
Government/Top Secret
Russian Space Forces(VKS)Government
Soyuz 2.1v
SSOorbit
The Russian Razbeg 1 is small military satellite optical reconnaissance satellite. It was built by NPP VNIIEM. It is likely the same satellite identified in earlier reports as Zvesda. The 250 kg satellite was reportedly inspired by the US American commercial Earth imaging satellites of the SkySat 1 series. It features a camera built by the Belarusian company OAO Peleng with a maximum ground resolution of 0.9 meters in panchromatic mode.
Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 7:59 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,125
VKS Mission
#118
Pad Launch
#306
Location Launch
#1,644
Designator
2021-081
Launch Window
NET
Sep 9, 2021, 7:59 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
7:00 PM
Window Open
9:00 PM
Window Close
Soyuz 2.1v Specs
Length
44 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
158 t
LEO Capacity
2,850 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
1mo 14d
Total Launches
4
Successful
4
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
4
Maiden flight: Mar 29, 2018
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
Sep 9, 2021, 10:59 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778