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Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2M 1

Name: Soyuz-U-PVB | Yantar-4K2M 1
Start: 2004-09-24T16:50:00.000Z
End: 2004-09-24T16:50:00.000Z
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

September 24, 2004 at 4:50 PM UTC

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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September 24, 2004 at 4:50 PM UTC

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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · 62.9601, 40.6830

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Rocket: Soyuz-U-PVB
Launch site: 16/2
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: September 24, 2004 at 4:50 PM UTC
Window closes: September 24, 2004 at 4:50 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 3:50 AM UTC

Mission description

Film-return reconnaisance satellite. Maneuvered on October 1 to a 213 x 330 km orbit. Believed to be an improved Yantar-4K1 with a longer lifetime - and given the code name 'Kobalt' previously applied to the defunct Yantar-4K2 system. When re-entry was commanded after only 107 days in orbit, there was speculation that problems had arisen with the satellite. Sources claimed the satellite had some kind of control problem, which was brought under control, and the two smaller film return capsules were successfully returned.

Vehicle

Soyuz-U-PVB

Soyuz · U-PVB

Height

51 m

Diameter

3 m

LEO capacity

6,900 kg

Successful launches

Launch complex

16/2

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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