Cosmos 2511 and 2512

Launch Partial Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:08:33

Saturday December 5, 2015

Mission Details

Launch Notes

The Volga stage failed to eject Cosmos 2511, and burned into the atmosphere with the satellite. Cosmos 2512 could be deployed successfully.

Cosmos 2511

Cosmos 2511 is a satellite of the Kanopouss-ST Ocean Monitoring Constellation. The satellite will burn in the atmosphere because it failed to separate from the Volna stage.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

441 kilograms

Cosmos 2512

The russian KYuA 1, also called Cosmos 2512, is a radar calibration spheres, which was launched on the second flight of the Soyuz-2-1v Volga launch vehicle. The KYuA 1 radar calibration sphere is to be used for radar tests by the Almaz-Antey company, a developer of anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems. The sphere is side-mounted on a large cylindrical adaptor, which carries the Kanopus-ST 1 main satellite. KYuA 1 was successfully launched and received the designation Cosmos 2512. While the prime payload failed to separate from the launch vehicles upper stage, KYuA 1 was successfully deployed into orbit.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

16 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Soyuz 2.1v/Volga

Active 2013 to 2025

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Rocket

Height: 44.08m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 2,850 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,535 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 8.36m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Site 43/4

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

37 hr 53 min

Stats

Soyuz 2.1v


2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2015

2015


75th

Orbital launch attempt