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The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
The AngoSat 2 is a communications satellite built for Angola to replace the failed AngoSat 1. The Angosat Project calls for development of a communications satellite with C- and Ku-band transponders, its launch into a geostationary orbit and development of the ground communication and TV broadcasting infrastructure. In August 2019 it was revealed the replacement satellite is being built by ISS Reshetnev (Bus) and Airbus Defence & Space (payload). Construction has started in February 2018.
Height 58.20 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 6920 kg
Liftoff Thrust 10532 kN
Diameter 7.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 2100 kg
Liftoff Mass 712 Tonnes
Launch Success 5
Consecutive Success 5
Maiden Flight 2010-12-05
Launch Failures 2
SwGustav
2022-10-12T22:19:38+0000
Success confirmed
SwGustav
2022-10-12T15:00:29+0000
Liftoff
SwGustav
2022-10-12T14:19:33+0000
Coverage live
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-10-12T08:24:32+0000
Go for launch
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-10-09T04:42:23+0000
Added launch time based on air/marine space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-08-04T02:50:19+0000
Added launch.