Russian Space ForcesSoyuz 2.1b43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)
Launched
December 21, 2023 · 08:48 UTC
Image: Mil.ru
Summary
Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?) launched on a Russian Space Forces Soyuz 2.1b from 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation on December 21, 2023 at 08:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:00 to 10:00 UTC. It was Russian Space Forces's 138th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 6,578th orbital launch attempt. It was the 18th Soyuz 2.1b flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Kosmos-2573, 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.
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- Vehicle
- Soyuz 2.1b · Russian Space Forces
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 18th Soyuz 2.1b flight · 3rd this yearRussian Space Forces's 138th launch6th this yearhumanity's 6,578th orbital launch attempt210th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kosmos-2573 · NORAD 58614 · 2023-201 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-201A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-21 10:38:49 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.49433325 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0117944
- Inclination
- 97.5719°
- Ascending node
- 277.5391°
- Arg. of perigee
- 71.9771°
- Mean anomaly
- 37.5959°
- 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-2573 · NORAD 58614 · in orbit
Soyuz-2-1a Blok-I · re-entered July 14, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Note: Payload identity uncertain, possibly Bars-M #5 or a similar satellite as the insertion orbit is similar. 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
317th launch from 43/4 (43R), 3rd this year · 1,665th from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 21, 11:48 AM GMT+3, in daylight
329 launches from this pad · 1,688 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
25 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?) launch?
Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?) launched on December 21, 2023 at 08:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 08:00 to 10:00 UTC.
Where can I watch Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)?
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What rocket launched Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)?
Soyuz 2.1b, flown by Russian Space Forces. Soyuz 2.1b spec sheet
Where did Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?) launch from?
43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation. Liftoff was Dec 21, 11:48 AM GMT+3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?) reach?
Kosmos-2573, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 345 × 506 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).