Kosmos 2570 (Lotos-S1 #8)

Launched a Lotos-S1 electronic-intelligence satellite (the eighth of the series) for the Russian military from Plesetsk into low Earth orbit. Lotos-S1 is the ELINT component of Russia's Liana space-based reconnaissance system.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

6.6 T

Flight

16th

of 25 Soyuz 2.1b flights

Date and time

27 October 2023, 06:04 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2023-165

Launches in 2023

175th of 223

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