Launch in Flight
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Russian Space Forces
Mission Status
The launch vehicle has lifted off from the launchpad.
Mission Updates
Mission Details
Unknown classified payload(s) for the Russian military.
Mission Type Government/Top Secret
Orbit Unknown
Launch Window 03:00 PM -
10:00 PM
Rocket Configuration
Name Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
Manufacturer Progress Rocket Space Center
Height 46.3 m
Diameter 10.3 m
Maiden Flight 2008-07-26
Success Rate 34/35
(97%)
Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.