Blagovest No.12L (Kosmos 2526)

Launched the Blagovest No. 12L military communications satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defence from Baikonur into geosynchronous transfer orbit, part of a constellation providing secure broadband links for Russia's armed forces.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

4.2 T

Flight

61st

of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights

Date and time

18 April 2018, 22:12 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

81/24 (81P), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Communications

International designator

2018-037

Launches in 2018

37th of 114

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