Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M launched the Meridian-M No.20L military communications satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome for the Russian Ministry of Defense, providing links with ships, aircraft and Arctic/Far East ground stations.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 17th
- of 20 Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flights
- Date and time
- 22 March 2022, 12:48 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2022-030
- Launches in 2022
- 31st of 186
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