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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 1 & 2

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Cosmodrome Site 1S — Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Ionosfera-M 1 & 2
Type
Earth Science
Target orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Ionosfera is a constellation of four ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellites developed by for Roscosmos for the project Ionozond. The satellites will operate on circular sun-synchronous orbits (SSO), at altitude of about 800 km and located in two orbital planes of two satellites each. The following science instruments are carried on the satellites: * SPER/1 Plasma and energy radiation spectrometer * SG/1 Gamma-ray spectrometer * GALS/1 Galactic cosmic ray spectrometer / 1 * LAERTES On-board Ionosonde * NBK/2 Low-frequency wave complex * ESEP Ionospheric plasma energy spectrometer * Ozonometer-TM Ozonometer * MayaK On-board radio transmitters * PES GPS-GLONASS device The launch also include a secondary payload of 53 small satellites developed by various institutions and companies in Russia and other nations (including 2 from Iran) for technology demonstration, communication and Earth observation purposes.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M
Family
Soyuz
Variant
Fregat-M
Provider
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Type
Government
Country
RUS

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launch site

Pad
Cosmodrome Site 1S
Location
Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Country
RUS
Timezone
Asia/Yakutsk