Russian Space Forces

Gonets-M12 & 2 x Strela-3 (Kosmos 2467, Kosmos 2468)

Rokot/Briz-KM

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 · 03:30 UTC

Mission

/01

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Rokot/Briz-KM

Variant: Briz-KM

Launch Pad

133/3 (133L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.887° N, 40.847° E

142

Pad Launches

1574

Location Launches

77

Agency Launches

45

Orbital This Year

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