EKS-2 (Tundra 2) (Kosmos 2518)

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M lofted Kosmos-2518, the second Tundra-class satellite for Russia's EKS missile early-warning constellation, from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical orbit for the Ministry of Defense.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

2.6 T

Flight

15th

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

25 May 2017, 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

2017-027

Launches in 2017

29th of 90

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