Ionosfera-M 1 & 2

Delivered the first pair of Ionosfera-M ionosphere-monitoring science satellites to sun-synchronous orbit from Vostochny, along with 53 rideshare smallsats including Iran's Kowsar and Hodhod satellites.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

3.5 T

Flight

30th

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

4 November 2024, 23:18 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2024-199

Launches in 2024

205th of 263

See it in orbit

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