Arktika-M No.2

Launched Arktika-M No.2, Russia's second high-latitude weather satellite, from Baikonur into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit to monitor Arctic weather and climate around the clock.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

2.2 T

Flight

27th

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

16 December 2023, 09:17 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2023-198

Launches in 2023

209th of 223

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