Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R)
Angara 1.2
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
Kosmos 2555 (MKA-R)
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $31,000,000
Russian military radar satellite.
Location
35/1
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1658 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Angara 1.2 – Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Family: Angara
Length: 41.5 m
Diameter: 2.9 m
Launch Mass: 171 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 3700 kg
The Angara 1.2 was manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center with the first launch on 2014-07-09. Angara 1.2 has 2 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 2 launches. The Angara 1.2 is the base launcher for the Angara launch family that uses a modular approach to create multiple launch vehicle configurations for various mission requirements. The Angara 1.2 consists of a standard Universal Rocket Module for the core stage and either a modified Block I Upper Stage or a Briz-KM upper stage.
Agency
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Type: Government
Abbreviation: KhSC
Administration: Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Founded: 1916
Launchers: Proton | Rokot
Country: RUS
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
Top secret ,mum’s the word on this one folks.
Foot Note:
if all the above launches take place on the 31 Jan, 2022 it will be a total of 10 but they are more likely to be “tentative ” launch dates we suspect.
We think it made it.? Ops launch date change till tomorrow now .