LAUNCH CENTER

Go
Mon Sep 08 2025
Russian Space Forces
Kosmos 2556 (Bars-M No. 3)
00
DAYS
:
00
HRS
HOURS
:
00
MIN
MINUTES
:
00
SEC
SECONDS
LAUNCH TIME
Loading...
(Loading...)
Loading...
Window Open
Loading...
(Loading...)
Window Close
Loading...
(Loading...)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Smart Dragon 3Description:
Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.

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
Sea Launch
Pad
Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship