December 21, 2023 8:48 am

Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)

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Soyuz 2.1b

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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2026-07-11 12:10:17

Note: Payload identity uncertain, possibly Bars-M #5 or a similar satellite as the insertion orbit is similar. 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.
Launch Overview
Window Open 08:00 UTC
Window Close 10:00 UTC
Lift Off Dec 21, 2023 · 08:48 UTC
Launch Facility Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Launch Pad 43/4 (43R)
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Russian Space Forces
Payload Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)
Rocket Soyuz 2.1b
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
Note: Payload identity uncertain, possibly Bars-M #5 or a similar satellite as the insertion orbit is similar. 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.

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Russian Space Forces
43/4 (43R)
Launch Overview
Window Open 08:00 UTC
Window Close 10:00 UTC
Lift Off Dec 21, 2023 · 08:48 UTC
Launch Facility Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Launch Pad 43/4 (43R)
Target Orbit Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Russian Space Forces
Payload Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)
Rocket Soyuz 2.1b
Destination Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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