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Russian Space ForcesSoyuz 2.1a43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3)
Launched
May 19, 2022
Summary
Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) launched on a Russian Space Forces Soyuz 2.1a from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on May 19, 2022. It was Russian Space Forces's 124th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 6,238th orbital launch attempt. It was the 32nd Soyuz 2.1a flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Kosmos-2556, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 345 × 564 km orbit inclined 97.7°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Soyuz 2.1a · Russian Space Forces
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 32nd Soyuz 2.1a flight · 3rd this yearRussian Space Forces's 124th launch5th this yearhumanity's 6,238th orbital launch attempt56th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kosmos-2556 · NORAD 52713 · 2022-054 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-054A
- Epoch
- 2022-05-19 09:54:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.39715147 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0160515
- Inclination
- 97.696°
- Ascending node
- 53.8078°
- Arg. of perigee
- 72.5421°
- Mean anomaly
- 37.6009°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Kosmos-2556 · NORAD 52713 · in orbit
Soyuz-2-1a 21-122 Blok-I · re-entered June 6, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
Pad
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
309th launch from 43/4 (43R), 2nd this year · 1,651st from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
103 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Questions
When did Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) launch?
Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) launched on May 19, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3)?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3)?
Soyuz 2.1a, flown by Russian Space Forces. Soyuz 2.1a spec sheet
Where did Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
What orbit did Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) reach?
Kosmos-2556, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 345 × 564 km orbit inclined 97.7°.
How many satellites did Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).