NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Obzor-R n°1 & Others

Launch Time
NET 4th Quarter, 2024

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a
Image Credit: Roscosmos
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $17.42 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 51.38 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 15.59 m

Mission Details

Obzor-R n°1

The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress.

In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated.

The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Others

Other payloads will be launched on this flight, including an observation satellite supposedly belonging to Iran.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia