Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D
Type: Communications
Launch Cost: $48,500,000
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.
Also onboard is the Skif-D demonstration satellite for the planned Russian Sfera LEO communication satellite constellation.
Trajectory
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Location
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
15 rockets have launched from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation.
Agency
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) – RFSA
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: RFSA
- Administration: Administrator: Yuri Borisov
- Founded: 1992
- Launchers: Soyuz
- Spacecraft: Soyuz
- Country: RUS
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
