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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
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.
Khayyam & rideshare
Khayyam, also known as Project 505, is a Russian built Earth observation satellite for Iran. The satellite is built by VNIIEM and NPK Barl on a currently unidentified satellite bus, with resolution reaching < 1 m. 16 Russian cubesats from various institutions/universities are also arranged for launch as secondary payload by Aerospace Capital.
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
Height 46.30 Meters
Max Stages 4
Mass To GTO 3250 kg
Liftoff Thrust 4150 kN
Diameter 10.30 Meters
Mass To LEO 8200 kg
Liftoff Mass 313 Tonnes
Launch Success 30
Consecutive Success 30
Maiden Flight 2008-07-26
Launch Failures 0
Updates
SwGustav
2022-08-09T08:18:43+0000
Success confirmed
SwGustav
2022-08-09T05:53:05+0000
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-08-05T08:52:07+0000
Added launch per NOTAMs, Russian/Iranian news reports and US media coverage of this new Russian-Iranian satellite project. (https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4199/1)
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