Glonass-K1 No. 16 (Kosmos 2557)

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat launched from Plesetsk carrying GLONASS-K1 No. 16 (Kosmos 2557), a next-generation Russian navigation satellite with improved accuracy and a 10-year design life, into medium Earth orbit for the GLONASS constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

974 kg

Flight

22nd

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

7 July 2022, 09:18 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2022-075

Launches in 2022

78th of 186

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