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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2576

Name: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos 2576
Start: 2024-05-16T21:21:39.000Z
Location: 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Russian Space Forces · Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M · 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Russian Space Forces's 141st launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 6,682nd orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--May 16, 2024 · 21:21 UTCAdd to calendar

Success

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

Window: May 16, 21:21 – May 16, 21:21 UTC

Flight preview

Russian military payload of unknown purposes. Hitchhiking Payloads: SITRO-AIS 53-56; Zorkiy-2M-4 & 6

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

No booster details available.

No webcast announced yet.

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2024 · source
Updated launch time and pad.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/16/2024 · source
Adding launch per marine navigation warnings; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2024 · source

Local pad time: May 17, 12:21 AM GMT+3

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