Yantar-4K2 77
Soyuz-U-PVB
Strategic Rocket Forces
Mission
Yantar-4K2 77
Type: Government/Top Secret
Film-return reconnaissance satellite
Location
16/2
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
1657 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
Rocket
Soyuz-U-PVB – Progress Rocket Space Center
Family: Soyuz
Length: 51 m
Diameter: 3 m
Launch Mass: 313 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 6900 kg
The Soyuz-U-PVB was manufactured by Progress Rocket Space Center with the first launch on 1984-03-21. Soyuz-U-PVB has 72 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 74 launches. 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
Strategic Rocket Forces
Type: Government
Abbreviation: RVSN RF
Founded: 1959
Country: RUS
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
