September 9, 2021 at 7:59 PM UTC
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
LAUNCH IN
September 9, 2021 at 7:59 PM UTC
Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
43/4 (43R)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation · 62.9288, 40.4571
The Russian Razbeg 1 is small military satellite optical reconnaissance satellite. It was built by NPP VNIIEM. It is likely the same satellite identified in earlier reports as Zvesda. The 250 kg satellite was reportedly inspired by the US American commercial Earth imaging satellites of the SkySat 1 series. It features a camera built by the Belarusian company OAO Peleng with a maximum ground resolution of 0.9 meters in panchromatic mode.
Mission media
Пуск ракеты носителя «Союз 2» с космодрома Плесецк
Full video recordSoyuz · 2.1v
Height
44 m
Diameter
3 m
LEO capacity
2,850 kg
Successful launches
4
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.
Open mapConnected program records
Added launch based on insider report which is confirmed by multiple NOTAMs.