Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Arktika-M n°2
Arktika-M is a series of planned Russian remote-sensing and emergency communications satellites operating in an highly elliptical 12-hour orbit. The constellation of two Aktika-M satellites is designed to monitor high-latitude areas of the Earth. The spacecraft will be based on Lavochkin's Elektro-L meteorological satellite.
The payload consists of the MSU-GSM multi-spectral imager as well as transmitters for meteorological and rescue systems.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,077.0 kg
Molniya Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2023
207th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz 2.1b
86th mission
6th mission of 2023
83rd successful mission
50th consecutive successful mission