Kosmos 2561 & Kosmos 2562

Launched Kosmos 2561 and Kosmos 2562, a pair of classified Russian military satellites believed to be inspector spacecraft, into sun-synchronous orbit from Plesetsk after a three-day delay.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1 T (est.)

Flight

7th

of 8 Soyuz 2.1v Volga flights

Date and time

21 October 2022, 19:20 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1v Volga

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-137

Launches in 2022

142nd of 186

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