Russian Defense Ministry: Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with a military satellite

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Russian Defense Ministry: Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with a military satellite

Russia continues to develop its rocket and space industry and increase its presence in space.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, this morning, more precisely, at 9:40 Moscow time, a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. It is noted that the rocket carries with it a military spacecraft for the needs of the country's Ministry of Defense.



According to the information posted on the official page of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "VKontakte", the launch of "Soyuz-2.1a", as well as the launch of a military satellite into the calculated orbit, took place in the normal mode.

At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit and accepted for control of ground facilities of the space forces

- said in a statement to the agency.

A telemetry connection has been established with the satellite, which received the code name Kosmos-2567, and all systems of the device are operating in normal mode, the country's defense department noted.

The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle belongs to the world-famous and well-established family of Soyuz spacecraft, which dates back to the 1960s, when only two powers could claim space exploration - the USSR and the USA.
  • Bekhan Uzhakhov
  • Screenshot of the video / Official website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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  1. +2
    23 March 2023 14: 02
    We are talking about a satellite in the singular, I wonder what kind of satellite, if Soyuz-2.1a can throw a little more than 820 tons at 4 km, and a little more than 200 tons at 7 km. If communication satellites of the Gonets-m type weigh about 300 kilograms.
    1. +5
      23 March 2023 14: 09
      We need to hang something vigilant over Ukraine
      1. TIR
        -8
        23 March 2023 14: 53
        Not only do we have nothing "sharp-sighted" over Ukraine, but in general in orbit. There were 2 satellites, but even those ceased to function more than 10 years ago. We are 50 years behind the United States in such satellites. And this is not hyperbole. In the same space electronics for satellites, we are really incompetent. Rogozin, as a result of his work, not only did not fulfill his functions as the head of Roscosmos, but also sabotaged the areas we needed, judging by the result. There really is not negligence, but real sabotage. He is the same leader in space as Chubais is in the economy. And they have the same approach to management.
        1. +4
          23 March 2023 15: 59
          Quote: TIR
          We have not only over Ukraine, but in general in orbit nothing "sharp" ....


          As I started with a lie, so I ended)))

          Small spacecraft "Zorkiy" lol two years in orbit.



          And you don't need to know about the rest. laughing
          1. TIR
            -3
            23 March 2023 18: 19
            Optical reconnaissance satellites actually have an optical mirror. And they are almost the size of the Hubble telescope.
        2. +1
          23 March 2023 18: 35
          but in general there is nothing "sharp" in orbit

          For a boy, read enlighten 11F148.
    2. +6
      23 March 2023 14: 19
      It is said about the satellite in the singular, I wonder what kind of satellite,

      Either 14F142 or 14F139.
      Well, as an option, something new.
    3. -4
      23 March 2023 14: 24
      Quote: T-100
      I wonder what kind of satellite, if Soyuz-2.1a can throw a little more than 820 tons at 4 km,

      Matryoshka satellite, Raz! and at the right moment, how the entire "Sphere" group will jump out ... something, something!
      And then back...
    4. +2
      23 March 2023 14: 46
      Spacecraft "Bars", index 11F148.
    5. +1
      23 March 2023 15: 04
      There is an optoelectronic reconnaissance satellite. And one, because the partner is waiting for a long time, and the eyes are now needed in orbit.
      1. +1
        23 March 2023 18: 29
        There is an optical-electronic reconnaissance satellite

        The same is possible. Actually, BARS is what it is.
    6. -1
      23 March 2023 15: 21
      Quote: T-100
      We are talking about a satellite in the singular, I wonder what kind of satellite, if Soyuz-2.1a can throw a little more than 820 tons at 4 km, and a little more than 200 tons at 7 km. If communication satellites of the Gonets-m type weigh about 300 kilograms.


      ... laughing
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    1. +5
      23 March 2023 14: 22
      in order to achieve at least a minimum acceptable parity in communications, guidance and reconnaissance, the Russian Federation needs to launch such a rocket at least in a day or two or more satellites "hang" on one rocket, otherwise the RF Armed Forces are blind and deaf like kittens and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly a step ahead .

      Well, you’re right echsperd, you can immediately see that you are from Odessa laughing . If you want to live in the Russian Federation, learn to read and think more and tryndet less. Not in the EU.
      1. TIR
        -8
        23 March 2023 14: 57
        The man actually wrote the truth as it is. In reality, we have such a situation with space communications and intelligence. With communications, we are still somehow breathing heavily, but with intelligence, nothing at all. Complete zero
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    2. +4
      23 March 2023 15: 02
      So it's not the Armed Forces of Ukraine one step ahead, but their masters, who united against Russia. There are more of them now than in World War II, and instead of Germany, Ukraine with its mother's Nazis.
      1. 0
        23 March 2023 18: 26
        So it's not the APU one step ahead, but their owners

        And this too. And if you launch every day on a satellite, then you will be left without pants and the United States and China would remain. And most importantly why? There are several dozen optical reconnaissance satellites around the world.
  3. 0
    23 March 2023 14: 14
    Not a specialist in spacecraft, such a question is it possible to create an AWACS satellite in space? Yes, there are satellites with radars, but how effective can they detect low-flying targets?
    1. 0
      23 March 2023 14: 34
      My opinion. Radars are best mounted on airships. Advantages - long stay in the air, high altitude, high carrying capacity.
      1. +1
        23 March 2023 15: 11
        And only one minus - a huge visibility from a long distance.
        The airship is the simplest aerial target for air defense systems. The speed is either zero or minimal, the radio visibility is gigantic, no interference. Shoot down - I don't want :)
        1. 0
          23 March 2023 17: 54
          If the flight altitude is high, above 15 km, then it will be very difficult to shoot down, besides, there will be no need for him to hang over the LBS. And if the frame is not made of metal, then the radio visibility will also be small. In addition - if this is AWACS, then what kind of invisibility are we talking about in the radiation mode? And the means of attack, if it is a high-altitude AWACS, he will have to notice from afar. And means of protection - active and passive should be.
        2. 0
          23 March 2023 19: 53
          Being about 250-300 km. from the border and control, from 15-18 km. space for 800-1000 km.
    2. +1
      23 March 2023 14: 45
      Quote: Lt. Air Force stock
      Not a specialist in spacecraft, such a question is it possible to create an AWACS satellite in space? Yes, there are satellites with radars, but how effective can they detect low-flying targets?

      It is possible and there are already quite a few satellites with radars in orbit, they will be poorly detected.
  4. +1
    23 March 2023 14: 34
    Meanwhile, the methane race continues in the world. Terran1 flew, proved that the printed rocket is strong enough to pass MaxQ. Well, the methane bundle of engines worked well.


    However, the vacuum engine did not ignite and did not enter orbit.



    Now the next one is probably Musk with Starship and his attempt, maybe even by Cosmonautics Day he will be allowed. Well, or the Chinese will launch their Beetle 2 for the second time, they are quiet and do not announce the launch. In any case, Relavity has drastically reduced the chances of winning the methane race.
    1. +1
      23 March 2023 14: 46
      Yes, $12 million start-up cost and two months to manufacture the carrier from scratch in mass production. A serious application and a super-curious project.
      PS There are also enormous savings in logistics.
    2. +1
      23 March 2023 16: 16
      Quote: donavi49
      Meanwhile, the methane race continues in the world. Terran1 flew, proved that ....


      It still flies low and low. laughing Not like our naphthyl kerosene Soyuz-2.1v or Angara-1.2, which successfully and regularly launch their comparable payloads into orbit.



      Methane, as a fuel, justifies itself only in reusable systems.
      1. +3
        23 March 2023 17: 34
        Well, Rogozin did not have time to shake up the methane topic, so now there are 3 participants in the methane race - Relavity (1 failure - not starting stage 2, 130 km taken), SpaceX (expecting 1 start) and Landspace (1 failure, either they split up incorrectly, then whether the 2nd stage engine did not work, it seems that they took about 100 km)


        that are successfully and regularly launched into orbit


        So it's a routine. The same Falcon flies every week, like a minibus to the village. Nobody is interested in general.

        Methane, as a fuel, justifies itself only in reusable systems.


        Not only, Rogozin once tried to shove it with economic advantages.

        Chinese Zhuk2, also once on methane.

        Well, then, we take the same Falcon, such an intensity of flights at one time is simply unbearable, but it flies many times. Methane multiple times is a transition from the current 10-20 launches, to 40-60, and maybe up to 100 with one booster. On the other hand, emphasis on the load. In this configuration, Roskosmos probably does not need many times. For the Amazon Internet will not be allowed to withdraw, and other mega-groups are also a big question.

        By the way, the Indians are already taking out the second full pack of OneWeb.

        1. -1
          23 March 2023 18: 20
          Quote: donavi49
          Not only
          hi Agree. The same Terran 1 is also disposable. This is often said because of the absence of unburned fuel residues (essentially soot) and the high cooling abilities of methane (nozzle cooling in wall-mounted and flow-through versions). BUT, methane has a large specific impulse (not much higher than kerosene, and not even close to a hydrogen-oxygen pair, but now you have to fight for every %). And also liquid methane is a cryogenic fuel, which makes it easier to use autogenous pressurization, for example, as in the same Terran 1, and not to carry tanks with boost gas (helium / nitrogen) in steps. Mass savings, after all.
          Here it is usually said that methane is not dense, but with sufficient cooling, the density is quite high. Alexander Bloshenko, director of Roskosmos for advanced programs and science, generally called the problem of methane density almost a myth.
          Quote: donavi49
          a full pack of OneWeb is taken out
          It seems that almost all the satellites will be spare there - the formation of the main grouping is completed. It is a pity that Dmitry Olegovich no longer comments on space. I would like him to explain his next words wassat :
          "Specialists know that OneWeb is everything, there will be no more OneWeb"

          This he said in March 2022 https://ria.ru/20220303/bankrotstvo-1776387598.html
          "What nonsense. Space is not capable of doing what our Frigate did. OneWeb is doomed, despite your hands heated from applause. What are you happy about? Demagoguery of a boa constrictor with a chicken that they were lucky to meet on a narrow path?"

          Also in March. https://tass.ru/kosmos/14139395
          Ultimately, Falcon 9 launched 3 batches. Musk did not know that, it turns out, Nizya, did not read Rogozin laughing
          Of course, he did a good job of stopping the annual accidents, but Borisov is better in terms of responsibility statements.
        2. +1
          23 March 2023 23: 59
          Quote: donavi49
          Well, so Rogozin did not have time to shake the methane topic


          And what does Rogozin have to do with it? We have been working on LNG engines for a long time. Many different demonstration products were tested in different modes at KBHA.



          Quote: donavi49
          so now there are 3 participants in the methane race


          Indeed, somehow we are not chasing methane, but are consistently creating a 100-ton RD-0169 for the Amur-LNG launch vehicle. She has a reusable first stage and such an engine is justified there during post-flight fault detection. So far, we are burning various prototypes of the engine.

          Quote: donavi49
          So it's a routine. The same Falcon flies every week, like a minibus to the village. Nobody is interested in general.


          Falcon flies because there is a large-scale production of the same type of small spacecraft and they give money, but it is necessary to justify the trust placed. laughing We are talking about the presence of methane in ultralight rockets.

          Quote: donavi49
          Not only, Rogozin once tried to shove it with economic advantages.


          By the way, such advantages are possible. laughing For example, the gas processing complex of the Amur plant located next to the launch pad at Vostochny. Fuel for the KRK will not have to be carried far.



          Quote: donavi49
          Chinese Zhuk2, also once on methane.


          "Power of Siberia-1,2" will help. laughing

          Quote: donavi49
          Well, then, we take the same Falcon, such an intensity of flights at one time is simply unbearable, but it flies many times.


          Well, of course, they have already forgotten that there were already about a hundred launches a year with disposable missiles. And the Falcon is a semi-reusable rocket. And in general, everything depends on production - if it is possible to establish large-scale production of payloads, why not organize the same production of missiles for it?

          Quote: donavi49
          Methane multiple times is a transition from the current 10-20 launches, to 40-60, and maybe up to 100 with one booster.


          In Russia today, the number of launches of disposable missiles depends on the amount of ready payload and averages 22 launches per year. Given that it is possible to double the number of the same Soyuz-2 ILVs launched per year, it is painless for their production. And if the cost of a reusable first stage is comparable to the cost of a new one, then the game is not worth the candle.

          Another thing is to reduce the launch cost by another half on an already new product, by abandoning the upper stage on it due to the manufacturability of the design, simplifying the launch facility, automating the launch process itself, etc. and so on.

          Quote: donavi49
          On the other hand, emphasis on the load. In this configuration, Roskosmos probably does not need many times.


          That is why the other day a contract was signed with the RCC "Progress" for the technical project "Amura-LNG". lol

          Quote: donavi49
          For the Amazon Internet will not be allowed to withdraw, and other mega-groups are also a big question.


          And that there are no other "Internets" besides Amazon's? We have Sphere on the nose, Megafon has their Bureau-1440, and a bunch of other MCAs are now in production, just an incredible amount for Russia. The AIS constellation at Sitronics is more than 70 ICAs.



          Quote: donavi49
          By the way, the Indians are already taking out the second full pack of OneWeb.


          Didn't quite understand why? The Indians have a heavy rocket and not on methane.
      2. +1
        23 March 2023 18: 01
        Quote: slipped
        Methane, as a fuel, justifies itself only in reusable systems.

        So Musk proved that the era of reusable systems is already here - here. And in Roskosmos, they don’t really scratch their turnips about this yet. I hope that at least TEM will be successfully implemented within the time frame that is being announced now. This would be a good compensation for the lag in the field of reusability.
        1. 0
          24 March 2023 00: 23
          Quote: Plate
          So Musk proved that the era of reusable systems is already here - here.


          Did Musk prove it? laughing Was the shuttle less reusable? Let me remind you that the parablocks of the Energia launch vehicle were also planned to be reusable, after appropriate testing. They did not have time to work out - the Union fell apart.

          Quote: Plate
          And in Roskosmos, they don’t really scratch their turnips about this yet.


          And what is it scratching? https://www.samspace.ru/news/press_relizy/19511/ laughing

          Quote: Plate
          I hope that at least TEM will be successfully implemented within the time frame that is being announced now. This would be a good compensation for the lag in the field of reusability.


          What dates have already been called? wink So far, it is known that the NTS on the creation of the spacecraft will take place in 2024, after the completion of all R&D.
      3. 0
        23 March 2023 18: 02
        Why?
        The specific impulse is higher, the cost is likely lower. Perhaps less convenient than kerosene, since Glushko generally liked working with a pair of UDMH-AT most of all.
        Yes, and with methane, it seems to me, there are much fewer problems in handling than with oxygen, and even more so with hydrogen.
  5. +1
    23 March 2023 14: 34
    Hooray! This is really good news! It was long overdue!
    1. +1
      23 March 2023 17: 30
      What does "It's been a while!" mean? Everything is going according to plan, everything is done on time and on time, as always. No need to discredit, otherwise you can thunder.
  6. +1
    23 March 2023 14: 53
    At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit and accepted for control of ground facilities of the space forces
    . It is important to restore the reconnaissance constellation of satellites and everything that is necessary for effective work in such an important matter.
    1. -2
      23 March 2023 15: 19
      It is important to hang (higher) a large dumpling or shmat of fat so that they do not stare around. The grave sins of wolves ....
    2. 0
      23 March 2023 15: 25
      Can't argue with you! The only thing - it would be necessary to add archival. And set a deadline. And responsible.
  7. -3
    23 March 2023 15: 23
    When I was little (under Khrushchev it was), I remember how at school the military instructor told about our companions, who even distinguish license plates. And there are more satellites than there are stars in the sky. Are there no stars left after Rogozin?
  8. 0
    23 March 2023 18: 12
    At least something is being done, let's hope that Borisov will close the gap. after Rogozin's trampoline from the word horn.
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