Glonass-K2 No. 13 (Kosmos 2569)

Launched the first GLONASS-K2 navigation satellite (Kosmos 2569) to medium Earth orbit from Plesetsk, debuting Russia's upgraded third-generation GLONASS spacecraft that adds CDMA signals to the legacy FDMA signals for improved positioning accuracy.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.6 T

Flight

25th

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

7 August 2023, 13:19 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2023-114

Launches in 2023

121st of 223

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