Cosmos 2553

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

07:00:00

Saturday February 5, 2022

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Cosmos 2553

Cosmos 2553 is possibly the Neitron satellite, which is a Russian military reconnaissance satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya on the Kondor platform, which would be a satellite designed to carry out optical reconnaissance on the ground, but also to take precise photographs of payloads in orbit. It might also be the Tekhnolog satellite, also based on the Kondor platform, or another undisclosed satellite.

Medium Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M

Active Since 2006

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$23.00 million

Rocket

Height: 46.94m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,020 kg

GTO: 2,810 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,550 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.11m

Height: 10.2m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 43/4

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

37 hr 53 min

Stats

Soyuz 2.1a


58th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2022

2022


11th

Orbital launch attempt