Glonass-K1 (Kosmos 2501)

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat launched the Glonass-K1 navigation satellite (Kosmos 2501) from Plesetsk, adding a next-generation spacecraft to Russia's GLONASS positioning constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

974 kg

Flight

11th

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

30 November 2014, 21:52 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2014-075

Launches in 2014

77th of 92

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