Government/Top Secret
Per reports this may be a military inspector satellite, capable of monitoring other satellites in orbit. Its payload also allows for Earth observation activities.
Orbital Attempt
#6,274
VKS Mission
#126
Pad Launch
#311
Location Launch
#1,653
Designator
2022-089
Aug 1, 2022, 8:25 PM
1 update
8:00 PM
Window Open
9:30 PM
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
Aug 1, 2022, 11:25 PM
Total Launches
1,686
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778
