Geo-IK-2 N13L (Kosmos 2540)

Deployed the Geo-IK-2 No.13L geodesy satellite (Kosmos 2540) from Plesetsk to map Earth's gravitational field and surface for military and scientific use, one of the final flights of the Rokot vehicle before its retirement.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

900 kg (est.)

Flight

30th

of 31 Rokot/Briz-KM flights

Date and time

30 August 2019, 14:00 UTC

Rocket

Rokot/Briz-KM

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2019-057

Launches in 2019

62nd of 102

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