Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Tundra n°6L
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 43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
2022
150th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz 2.1b
78th mission
7th mission of 2022
75th successful mission
42nd consecutive successful mission