EKS 3 (Tundra 3) (Kosmos 2541)

Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat launched from Plesetsk carrying Kosmos-2541, the third Tundra-series satellite for Russia's EKS (Kupol) missile early-warning constellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2.6 T

Flight

18th

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

26 September 2019, 07:46 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2019-065

Launches in 2019

70th of 102

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