Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
07:00:00
Saturday February 5, 2022
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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
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$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
58th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2022
11th
Orbital launch attempt