Kanopus-V No.5 & Kanopus-V No.6

A Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat launched the Kanopus-V Nos. 5 and 6 Earth-observation satellites from Vostochny, along with 26 rideshare smallsats, in Russia's final launch of 2018. The half-ton Kanopus-V pair supports disaster response, mapping and wildfire detection for Russian government agencies.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

1.2 T

Flight

12th

of 20 Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flights

Date and time

27 December 2018, 02:07 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2018-111

Launches in 2018

113th of 114

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