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Soyuz 2.1v | VNIIEM EMKA (Kosmos 2525)
Russian Space Forces43/4 (43R) — Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- VNIIEM EMKA (Kosmos-2525)
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1v
- Family
- Soyuz
- Variant
- 2.1v
- 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