Kosmos 2565 (Lotos-S1 #7)

Launched a Lotos-S1 electronic-intelligence satellite for Russia's military from Plesetsk without a Fregat upper stage, releasing it directly into an elliptical orbit; the spacecraft was later designated Kosmos 2565.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

6.6 T

Flight

15th

of 25 Soyuz 2.1b flights

Date and time

30 November 2022, 21:10 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-163

Launches in 2022

168th of 186

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