Mission record
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M27, Gonets-M28, Gonets-M29 & others
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Russian Space Forces
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
Russia
Date
Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:20:32 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5998 ever
Mission
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region. This launch also carries 22 small satellites as a rideshare payloads. These are cubesats for commercial companies such as Spire and Kepler Communications, as well as cubesats for various international universities.
Deployed payloads · 5