Glonass-M (Kosmos 2522)

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M launched a GLONASS-M navigation satellite, designated Cosmos 2522, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, replenishing Russia's GLONASS constellation after a recent satellite failure.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.5 T

Flight

1st

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

22 September 2017, 00:02 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2017-055

Launches in 2017

58th of 90

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