Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:20:00
Friday December 21, 2018
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Orbit slightly too low, but as this will not impact the satellite's lifetime, the flight is considered a success.
Blagovest is a series of four planned communications satellites for russian domestic services. The spacecraft and the payload is built by russian ISS Reshetnev based on the Ekspress-2000 bus.
Geostationary Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Manufacturer
KhrunichevPrice
$65.00 million
Rocket
Height: 58.18m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 21,000 kg
GTO: 6,900 kg
Liftoff Thrust
10,027 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.35m
Height: 15.26m
Stages
4
104th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2018
109th
Orbital launch attempt