Angara A5/Blok DM-03 | Tundra n°7L

Status

Tundra n°7L

Launch Time
NET December, 2024

Rocket

Angara A5/Blok DM-03

Image Credit: Roscosmos

VKS RF

Status: Active

Price: $100.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 9,610 kN

Payload to LEO: 23,000 kg

Payload to GTO: 5,400 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 55.4 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m

Fairing Height: 15.2 m

Details

Mission Details

Tundra n°7L

The Tundra or EKS (Edinaya Kosmicheskaya Sistema) series of satellites is the next generation of Russian early warning satellites to replace the US-K and US-KMO early warning satellites of the Oko-1 system.

The development of the EKS started in 2000. The Russian Ministry of Defence awarded in 2007 a contract for the EKS system to RKK Energiya with a first test launch planned in 2009. Several problems, changing requirements and a court case led to long delays, postponing the first mission to the end of 2014.

Reportedly the Tundra satellites carry also a secure emergency communications payload to be used in case of a nuclear war.

Payloads: 1

Molniya Orbit

Location

Site 35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

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