Kosmos 2579 (Bars-M No. 6)

Placed Kosmos-2579, a Bars-M military cartography and mapping satellite, into sun-synchronous orbit for the Russian Ministry of Defense from Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

3.7 T

Flight

47th

of 57 Soyuz 2.1a flights

Date and time

31 October 2024, 07:51 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2024-197

Launches in 2024

203rd of 263

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