Kosmos 2542, a Russian Ministry of Defense inspector satellite in the Nivelir series, launched from Plesetsk on a Soyuz-2.1v/Volga. It later maneuvered near a US spy satellite and, in December 2019, released a sub-satellite designated Kosmos 2543.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 647 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 8 Soyuz 2.1v Volga flights
- Date and time
- 25 November 2019, 17:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1v Volga
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2019-079
- Launches in 2019
- 84th of 102
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Object pages on Space Atlas: Cosmos 2542
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