Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R n°1 & Others

Launch Time
NET 1st Quarter, 2025

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

Details

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

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit