LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Thu Mar 23 2023
Russian Space Forces
Bars-M No. 4
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(6:40 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(6:00 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(8:00 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Soyuz 2.1aDescription:
The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Government/Top Secret
- Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a successor for the Komtea class of area surveillance satellites. The original Bars project was halted in the early 2000s. In 2007, TsSKB-Progress was contracted for Bars-M, for which reportedly the Yantar-based service module was replaced by a new developed advanced service module. The Bars-M satellites feature an electro-optical camera system called Karat, which is developed and built by the Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association (LOMO), and a dual laser altimeter instrument to deliver topographic imagery, stereo images, altimeter data and high-resolution images with a ground resolution around 1 meter.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Pad
43/3 (43L)