Cosmos 2473

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

22:47:00

Tuesday September 20, 2011

Mission Details

Cosmos 2473

Wiki

The Russian Garpun military relay satellites are the replacement for the Potok / Geizer series for the nation's Command and Relay System (GKKRS) which is also known as Rassvet. The satellites are developed by ISS Reshetnev, probably based on the Ekspress-2000 bus. Likely users for the Garpun satellite are Persona and Bars-M optical reconnaissance satellites and the Pion-NKS and Lotos-S ELINT satellites.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/Briz-M

Active Since 2001

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$65.00 million

Rocket

Height: 58.18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 6,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,027 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 15.26m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 81/24

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

6 days

Stats

Proton-M


54th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2011

2011


51st

Orbital launch attempt