Kosmos 2580 (Lotos-S1 #9)

Launched the classified Kosmos-2580 satellite from Plesetsk, believed to be a Lotos-S1 electronic intelligence spacecraft of Russia's Liana signals reconnaissance system.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

6.6 T

Flight

20th

of 25 Soyuz 2.1b flights

Date and time

4 December 2024, 18:03 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2024-230

Launches in 2024

237th of 263

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