A Soyuz 2.1b launched a Lotos-S1 electronic intelligence satellite, cataloged as Kosmos 2554, from Plesetsk for the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the Liana signals-intelligence constellation replacing Soviet-era reconnaissance satellites.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T
- Flight
- 14th
- of 25 Soyuz 2.1b flights
- Date and time
- 7 April 2022, 11:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2022-036
- Launches in 2022
- 37th of 186
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