Kosmos 2563 (EKS 6/Tundra 6)

Kosmos-2563, the sixth satellite in Russia's EKS/Tundra missile early-warning constellation, launched from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical orbit to detect ballistic missile launches.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

2.6 T

Flight

24th

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

2 November 2022, 06:47 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-145

Launches in 2022

150th of 186

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