Status
Success
Cosmos 2473
Launch Time
Tue Sep 20, 2011 22:47 UTC
Tue Sep 20, 2011 22:47 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 2473
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.
Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
Site 81/24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2011
51st orbital launch attempt
Proton-M
54th mission
4th mission of 2011
49th successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission