EKS (Tundra) (Kosmos 2510)

Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat launched Kosmos 2510, the first satellite of Russia's EKS (Tundra) early-warning constellation, into a highly elliptical orbit from Plesetsk to detect ballistic missile launches.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

2.6 T (est.)

Flight

12th

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

17 November 2015, 06:33 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2015-066

Launches in 2015

70th of 87

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