Kosmos 2573 (Bars-M No. 5?)

Launched a Bars-M military cartography satellite for the Russian Aerospace Forces from Plesetsk into sun-synchronous orbit, combining high-resolution imaging with topographic mapping.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

3.7 T

Flight

18th

of 25 Soyuz 2.1b flights

Date and time

21 December 2023, 08:48 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2023-201

Launches in 2023

212th of 223

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