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Glonass-⁠K1?

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-⁠MPlesetsk, Russia

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Mission

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-⁠M launched Glonass-⁠K1? from Site 43/3 (43L) at Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.

Before the flight

Note: Payload identity uncertain.

Glonass-⁠K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years.

Launched
16:22 UTC+3 at the pad
Rocket
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-⁠MRussian Space Forces
Destination
Medium Earth Orbit
Launch site
Site 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk, Russia4th launch from this pad in 202650 days after the last
Latest update
Updated launch time per orbit data.

7th

Russian Space Forces launch of 2026

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Russian Space Forces37 launches since July 2008, 37 successful

46.3m

Height

10.3m

Diameter

313t

Mass at liftoff

4.2MN

Thrust at liftoff

8.2t

Payload to low Earth orbit

3.3t

Payload to geostationary transfer orbit

About Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Soyuz-⁠2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.

Orbit estimated from CelesTrak’s elementsMeasured trackSpaceX’s predicted path

In orbit now

The crewed stations and Hubble, once around the Earth every 92 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Soyuz MS-⁠29, Crew-⁠13In sunlight434km27,537km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In sunlight383km27,662km/h
HubbleIn sunlight468km27,483km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, up to 37 h old.

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