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Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)

Russian Space Forces · Soyuz 2.1a · 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Russian Space Forces's 133rd launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,413th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--March 23, 2023 · 06:40 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Mar 23, 06:00 – Mar 23, 08:00 UTC

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Kosmos 2567 (Bars-M No. 4)

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.

Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

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Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 3/23/2023 · source

  • 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

Pad — 43/3 (43L)

Local pad time: Mar 23, 9:40 AM GMT+3

232 launches from this pad · 1,686 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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