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Yantar-4K2M 2

Soyuz-U-PVB

Russian Space Forces

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Yantar-4K2M 2

Type: Government/Top Secret

Film-return reconnaisance satellite.

Trajectory

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Location

16/2

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

1661 rockets have launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.

16/2, 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

Russian Space Forces – VKS

  • Type: Government
  • Abbreviation: VKS
  • Administration: Commander: 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.

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