Date: 24/12/14
Time: Unknown
Place: Plesetsk, Russia
Russian launches are coming thick and fast towards the latter part of the year. The next launch, after Angara-A5’s test launch on the 23rd, is the delivery of the Lotos-S satellite to orbit.
For this launch, the Soyuz 2-1B rocket will be used. It has been operating since July 2008 and has had a total of twenty-one launches so far. Of these, nineteen have been success, one has been a partial failure, and another has been a complete failure.
The satellite itself weights 6 tonnes. It will be put into an orbit of approximately 200x900km at an inclination of 67 degrees by the Soyuz 2-1B rocket. From there the satellite will use its onboard propulsion system to circularise the orbit. The satellite uses two deployable solar arrays for power generation and has onboard batteries for times when solar power is not available.
FURTHER READING
http://www.spaceflight101.com/soyuz-2-1b---lotos-s-2-launch-updates.html
http://www.kbarsenal.ru/images/plakat/cosmos/31.jpg (Russian)
Time: Unknown
Place: Plesetsk, Russia
Russian launches are coming thick and fast towards the latter part of the year. The next launch, after Angara-A5’s test launch on the 23rd, is the delivery of the Lotos-S satellite to orbit.
For this launch, the Soyuz 2-1B rocket will be used. It has been operating since July 2008 and has had a total of twenty-one launches so far. Of these, nineteen have been success, one has been a partial failure, and another has been a complete failure.
The satellite itself weights 6 tonnes. It will be put into an orbit of approximately 200x900km at an inclination of 67 degrees by the Soyuz 2-1B rocket. From there the satellite will use its onboard propulsion system to circularise the orbit. The satellite uses two deployable solar arrays for power generation and has onboard batteries for times when solar power is not available.
FURTHER READING
http://www.spaceflight101.com/soyuz-2-1b---lotos-s-2-launch-updates.html
http://www.kbarsenal.ru/images/plakat/cosmos/31.jpg (Russian)