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Yantar-4K2 73

Soyuz-U-PVB

Russian Space Forces

Launch Status
Success

Mission


Yantar-4K2 73

  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Film-return reconnaissance satellite

Location


43/3 (43L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

43/3 (43L) has witnessed the launch of 229 rockets, including 229 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1667 rocket launches.

43/3 (43L)

Rocket


Progress Rocket Space Center Soyuz-U-PVB

A Russian orbital launch vehicle. A version of the Soyuz-U with safety modifications to prevent and resist fires in all stages and the upper stage avionics compartment.

Agency


Russian Space Forces

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.

Russian Space Forces
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