Cosmos 2533

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:20:00

Friday December 21, 2018

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Orbit slightly too low, but as this will not impact the satellite's lifetime, the flight is considered a success.

Cosmos 2533

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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

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/Briz-M

Active Since 2001

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$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

Launch Site

Site 200/39

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 23 hours

Stats

Proton-M


104th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2018

2018


109th

Orbital launch attempt