Glonass-M (Kosmos 2500)

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat launched a Glonass-M navigation satellite (Kosmos 2500) from Plesetsk to replenish Russia's GLONASS global positioning constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.5 T

Flight

9th

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

14 June 2014, 17:16 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2014-032

Launches in 2014

33rd of 92

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