NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 2513

Launch Time
Sun Dec 13, 2015 00:19 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M/Briz-M
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $65.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 10,027 kN
Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,900 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.18 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 15.26 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 2513

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

2015

79th orbital launch attempt

Proton-M

94th mission
7th mission of 2015
83rd successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission