NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Meteor-M No.2-1 & Rideshares

Launch Time
Tue Nov 28, 2017 05:41 UTC

A programming error caused the Fregat upper stage to deorbit prematurely.

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Image Credit: Roscosmos
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $25.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,250 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 46.94 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 11.43 m

Mission Details

Meteor-M No.2-1

Meteor-M No.2-1 (Russian: Метеор-М №2-1), was a Russian satellite, part of Meteor-M series of polar-orbit weather satellite.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,700.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

2017

80th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1b

36th mission
4th mission of 2017
2nd failed mission