NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Kanopus-V 3-4 & Rideshares

Launch Time
Thu Feb 01, 2018 02:07 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Image Credit: Roscosmos
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $23.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,020 kg
Payload to GTO: 2,810 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 46.94 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 10.2 m

Mission Details

Kanopus-V 3 & 4

Kanopus-V (Kanopus-Vulkan) is a compact Russian remote sensing satellite designed to provide operational weather information for various tasks, including monitoring man-made and natural emergencies, mapping, detecting forest fires and environmental pollutants, registering abnormal physical phenomena for earthquake prediction, and monitoring agriculture, water, coastal resources, and land use. Developed by NPO VNII Elektromekhaniki, with avionics subcontracted to SSTL and the imager built by OAO Peleng, Kanopus-V serves the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 946.0 kg

Rideshare Mission

Rideshare mission, the payloads on board are:

S-Net A (Tubsat 13)
S-Net B (Tubsat 14)
S-Net C (Tubsat 15)
S-Net D (Tubsat 16)
Lemur-2 74 (Lemur-2 Kadi)
Lemur-2 75 (Lemur-2 TheNickMolo)
Lemur-2 76 (Lemur-2 Jin-Luen)
Lemur-2 77 (Lemur-2 UramChanSol)
D-Star ONE v.1.1 Phoenix

Payloads: 52
Total Mass: 9.0 kg

Location

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2018

14th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1a

33rd mission
1st mission of 2018
31st successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission