Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:47:00
Tuesday September 20, 2011
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
Manufacturer
KhrunichevPrice
$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
54th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2011
51st
Orbital launch attempt