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Nov. 26, 2019
Soyuz-2.1v launches military satellite
A Soyuz-2.1v launch vehicle, with a Volga upper stage, launched an unnamed military satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, on 25 November 2019, at 17:52 UTC (20:52 local time). According to official sources, the satellite was placed into the desired orbit.
Soyuz-2.1v launches military satellite
A Russian government Soyuz 2-1v rocket and Volga upper stage launches an unspecified payload, likely for the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to airspace warning notices.
At the estimated time, the device was launched into the target orbit and adopted for the control of ground-based means of the aerospace forces. A stable telemetric connection has been established and maintained with him, the systems operate normally.
The spacecraft, created on the basis of a unified multifunctional space platform, is launched into the target orbit from which the state of domestic satellites can be monitored. The optical equipment of this satellite also allows you to take pictures of the Earth's surface.
Soyuz-2.1v
The Soyuz-2 launch vehicle replaced the Soyuz-U rockets, which were operated at the Plesetsk cosmodrome from 1973 to 2012. During this period, 435 launches of Soyuz-U carriers were carried out from Plesetsk, during which about 430 spacecraft of various purposes were put into orbit.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/27793/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Roscosmos/Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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