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Soyuz 2.1a | GVM Oblik
Russian Space Forces43/4 (43R) — Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- GVM Oblik
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Oblik-Dummy was Zenit-8 (Oblik) spy sat, which has been in storage long beyond its service live and was converted to an instrumented dummy payload for the maiden launch of the new Soyuz-2-1a launch vehicle. The photographic equipment was removed and the vehicle was fitted with vibration and thermal sensors designed to measure the launch environment of the new launch vehicle.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1a
- Family
- Soyuz
- Provider
- Russian Space Forces
- Type
- Government
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 43/4 (43R)
- Location
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Country
- RUS
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
- Coordinates
- 62.9288, 40.4571