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Soyuz 2.1b | Pion-NKS No. 1 (Kosmos 2550)
Russian Space Forces43/4 (43R) — Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Pion-NKS No. 1 (Kosmos 2550)
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
The Russian Pion-NKS (14F139) satellites are the naval component of the next generation ELINT satellite system Liana. As a replacement for both the passive ELINT US-PM and the active radar US-A, they carry both ELINT sensors as well as an active radar.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b
- Family
- Soyuz
- Provider
- Russian Space Forces
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
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launch site
- Pad
- 43/4 (43R)
- Location
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Country
- RUS
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
- Coordinates
- 62.9288, 40.4571