LAUNCH CENTER
Meridian-M No.19L
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(8:24 AM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(8:00 AM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(10:00 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-MDescription:
The 2.1a version includes conversion from analog to digital flight control system and uprated engines on the booster and the first stage with improved injection systems. The new digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to launch from a fixed rather than angled launch platform and adjust its heading in flight. A digital control system also enables the launch of larger commercial satellites with wider and longer payload fairings such as the ST-type fairing. These fairings introduce too much aerodynamic instability for the old analog system to handle.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- Meridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Pad
43/3 (43L)