Success
Yantar-4K2 78
Government/Top Secret
Strategic Rocket Forces(RVSN RF)Government
Soyuz-U-PVB
LEOorbit
Film-return reconnaissance satellite
Wednesday, June 24, 1998 at 6:29 PM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#4,246
RVSN RF Mission
#9
Pad Launch
#211
Location Launch
#1,496
Designator
1998-038
Launch Window
NET
Jun 24, 1998, 6:29 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Soyuz-U-PVB Specs
A Russian orbital launch vehicle. A version of the Soyuz-U with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the upper stage avionics compartment.
Length
51 m
Diameter
3 m
Launch Mass
313 t
LEO Capacity
6,900 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
1984
Fastest Turnaround
19h 30m
Total Launches
74
Successful
72
Failed
2
Consecutive Success
12
Maiden flight: Mar 21, 1984
Strategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Founded
1959
Total Launches
15
Successful
12
Failed
3
Pending
0
Consecutive Success
1
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
Jun 24, 1998, 10:29 PM
Total Launches
1,685
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
62.9256, 40.5778