A Soyuz launched the CSO-2 optical reconnaissance satellite for the French military from Kourou into sun-synchronous orbit, closing out the year's Guiana Space Center launch manifest.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.6 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 9 Soyuz STA Fregat flights
- Date and time
- 29 December 2020, 16:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz STA Fregat
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2020-104
- Launches in 2020
- 114th of 114
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