The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. This was announced on Saturday, February 5, in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The rocket was taken for escort by ground means of the Main Test Space Center named after Titov of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces. It is noted that all pre-launch operations and the launch of the launch vehicle took place in the normal mode.
“The means of the ground-based automated control complex monitored the launch and flight of the launch vehicle,” the ministry said in a statement.
The rocket is supposed to launch a spacecraft into orbit in the interests of the military department.
This is the first launch of a Soyuz-2 medium-class launch vehicle in 2022.
Launch vehicles of the Soyuz-2 series developed on the basis of the Soyuz-U serial launch vehicle. Soyuz-2 uses improved propulsion systems and modern control and measurement systems
Soyuz-2.1a is a Russian medium-class launch vehicle designed to launch various spacecraft, including military ships and satellites.
It is characterized by increased launch accuracy and increased mass of payloads in low orbits.
On December 27, 2021, the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with 36 OneWeb communication satellites was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The separation of the first and second stages of the spacecraft passed normally.
In October of the same year, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with 36 OneWeb satellites was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was the last launch from the Vostochny rocket using kerosene as fuel.
Source: IZ
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