Galileo L2 (IOV FM03-FM04)

Deployed a GLONASS-M navigation satellite for Russia's satellite navigation constellation from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, replenishing the operational GLONASS network alongside GPS and Galileo.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.4 T

Flight

1st

of 5 Soyuz STB Fregat-MT flights

Date and time

12 October 2012, 18:15 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz STB Fregat-MT

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2012-055

Launches in 2012

58th of 78

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