CSG-1, CHEOPS, & others

Soyuz-Fregat lifted off from Kourou on Arianespace's VS23 mission carrying Italy's COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG-1) radar satellite as primary payload alongside ESA's CHEOPS exoplanet telescope, OPS-SAT, and other rideshare cubesats into sun-synchronous orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

2.9 T

Flight

7th

of 9 Soyuz STA Fregat flights

Date and time

18 December 2019, 08:54 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz STA Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Payload

Dedicated Rideshare

International designator

2019-092

Launches in 2019

97th of 102

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