Soyuz 2.1a | Kosmos 2579 (Bars-M No. 6)
Russian Space Forces · Soyuz 2.1a · 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Russian Space Forces's 143rd launch · 4th this year · humanity's 6,790th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 31, 07:00 – Oct 31, 09:00 UTC
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Kosmos 2579 (Bars-M No. 6)
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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Pad — 43/4 (43R)
Local pad time: Oct 31, 10:51 AM GMT+3
328 launches from this pad · 1,686 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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