Launch Alert | Starlink Group 9-9
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Thu Mar 29 2018
Russian Space Forces

VNIIEM EMKA (Kosmos-2525)

Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Soyuz 2-1v

Description:

Soyuz 2-1v rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Government/Top Secret
  • The payload for the Soyuz-2-1v launch is a small reconnaissance satellite developed by VNIIEM and known by the acronym EMKA ("Experimental Small Space Apparatus"). Launch was originally scheduled for October and then slipped to November, December and eventually January due to technical problems with the payload.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Pad

43/4 (43R)