Launch
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Angara 1.2 | Kosmos 2577 & 2578
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Mission
Kosmos 2577 & 2578
Government/Top Secret
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
2 Russian military satellites of unknown identities.
Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Pad
Location
Europe/Moscow
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.
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Rocket
Angara 1.2
The Angara 1.2 is the base launcher for the Angara launch family that uses a modular approach to create multiple launch vehicle configurations for various mission requirements. The Angara 1.2 consists of a standard Universal Rocket Module for the core stage and either a modified Block I Upper Stage or a Briz-KM upper stage.
Details
Min stage: 2
Max stage: 2m
Length: 41.5m
Diameter: 2.9
First Flight: July 9, 2014
Total launch count: 4
Successful launches: 4
Consecutive successful launches: 4
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 3700kg
Launch cost: US$31000000
Manufacturer
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Government
RUS
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
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Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Proton | Rokot
Agency
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
Details
Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
1916
Proton | Rokot
Total launch count: 196
Successful launches: 181
Consecutive successful launches: 7
Failed launches: 15
Pending launches: 1