Neitron (Kosmos 2553)
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Russian Space Forces
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Mission
Neitron (Kosmos 2553)
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $80,000,000
Payload suspected to be a new type of Russian military intelligence satellite called Neitron.
Location
43/4 (43R)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1651 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Agency
Russian Space Forces
Type: Government
Abbreviation: VKS
Administration: Aleksandr Golovko
Founded: 1992
Country: RUS
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
Good luck to our Russian space friends you know who you are , no politics playing here , we all know space exploration is for the free.
Nice going on the launch would have liked to see it .