Cosmos 2568

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

19:57:02

Wednesday March 29, 2023

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Payload identity uncertain.

EO MKA #4

Russian reconnaissance satellite of unknown purposes, possibly in the same series as Kosmos 2551, 2555 and 2560.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Retired
Soyuz 2.1v

Active 2018 to 2024

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Rocket

Height: 44.08m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,000 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,535 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 8.36m

Stages

2

Launch Site

Site 43/4

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

37 hr 53 min

Stats

Soyuz 2.1v


10th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2023

2023


50th

Orbital launch attempt