Launch
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1
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Mission
Obzor-R No.1
Earth Science
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m.
Status
To Be Determined
Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.
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
Soyuz 2.1a
The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads. It is currently used for crewed Soyuz and Progress flights to the ISS.
Family: Soyuz
Details
Min stage: 2
Max stage: 3m
Length: 46.3m
Diameter: 2.95
First Flight: Nov. 4, 2004
Total launch count: 50
Successful launches: 49
Failed launches: 1
Pending launches: 7
Consecutive successful launches: 43
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity: 7020kg
Launch cost: US$80000000
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) capacity: 2810kg
Manufacturer
Progress Rocket Space Center
Commercial
RUS
Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.
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CEO: Dmitry Baranov
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type: Government
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