Soyuz 2.1b

Status

Success

Cosmos 2502

Launch Time
Thu Dec 25, 2014 03:01 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b

Image Credit: Roscosmos

VKS RF

Status: Active

Price: $20.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN

Payload to LEO: 8,020 kg

Payload to GTO: 0 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 44.08 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m

Fairing Height: 8.36 m

Details

Mission Details

Cosmos 2502

The Russian Lotos-S1 (14F145) satellites are one component of the next generation ELINT satellite system Liana. A development version was flown as Lotos-S.

The Liana system replaces replaces both the Tselina-2 with Lotos satellites and the naval US-PM with Pion-NKS (14F139) spacecraft.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 6,000.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

Site 43/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

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Stats

2014

88th orbital launch attempt

22nd mission

8th mission of 2014

20th successful mission

3rd consecutive successful mission