Russian Space ForcesSoyuz 2.1a43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)

Name: Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) launch
Start: 2023-03-23T06:40:11.000Z
End: 2023-03-23T08:00:00.000Z
Location: 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Launched

March 23, 2023 · 06:40 UTC

Launch Successful

Summary

Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) launched on a Russian Space Forces Soyuz 2.1a from 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on March 23, 2023 at 06:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:00 to 08:00 UTC. It was Russian Space Forces's 133rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,413th orbital launch attempt. It was the 38th Soyuz 2.1a flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Kosmos-2567, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 345 × 506 km orbit inclined 97.6°. 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: 38th Soyuz 2.1a flight · 3rd this yearRussian Space Forces's 133rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,413th orbital launch attempt45th orbital launch attempt this year

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

97.6°Inclination

345 × 506 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements

92.9 minPeriodfrom mean elements

336.5°Ascending node

1303 d agoElement epoch2023-03-23 08:30 UTC · stale

Kosmos-2567 · NORAD 55978 · 2023-040 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects

Show the numbers

Object: TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID: 2023-040A
Epoch: 2023-03-23 08:30:43 UTC
Mean motion: 15.49304541 rev/day
Eccentricity: 0.011853
Inclination: 97.6391°
Ascending node: 336.4861°
Arg. of perigee: 72.2487°
Mean anomaly: 38.8312°
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-2567 · NORAD 55978 · in orbit

Soyuz-2-1a Blok-I · re-entered November 22, 2023

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

Note: Payload identity uncertain. 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

43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

227th launch from 43/3 (43L), 1st this year · 1,660th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 23, 9:40 AM GMT+3, in daylight

234 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

114 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Updates

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin · Mar 23, 2023 · source

Show 2 earlier updates

Liftoff confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/23/2023 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; replaced previous entry erroneously identifying this as for Soyuz-2.1v. Launch vehicle and payload identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/21/2023 · source

Questions

When did Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) launch?

Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) launched on March 23, 2023 at 06:40 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:00 to 08:00 UTC.

Where can I watch Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)?

Soyuz 2.1a, flown by Russian Space Forces. Soyuz 2.1a spec sheet

Where did Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) launch from?

43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation. Liftoff was Mar 23, 9:40 AM GMT+3 local time at the pad.

What orbit did Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) reach?

Kosmos-2567, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 345 × 506 km orbit inclined 97.6°.

How many satellites did Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4) launch?

1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).