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Feb. 3, 2021
Soyuz 2 1b launches Kosmos 2549
On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, at 11:45 pm Moscow time, a combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a launch vehicle from launcher No. 4 of site No. 43 of the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome).
Soyuz 2 1b launches Kosmos 2549
Soyuz-2.1b "(manufactured by the Progress rocket and space center, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Kosmos 2549 (Lotos-S1) satellite
All prelaunch operations and the launch of the Soyuz-2.1B space rocket took place in the normal mode. The ground-based automated control complex for spacecraft of the Russian orbital group monitored the launch and flight of the ILV.
Soyuz 2 1b on the launch-pad in Plesetsk Cosmodrome
This is the first launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle in 2021 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The previous launch of Soyuz-2 from the northern cosmodrome was successfully completed on December 3, 2020.
ROSCOSMOS Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/29875/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/Gunter's Space Page/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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