Arktika-M No.1

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M launched Arktika-M No.1, the first satellite in Russia's planned ten-satellite Arktika weather constellation, from Baikonur into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit to monitor the Arctic.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

2.2 T

Flight

13th

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

28 February 2021, 06:55 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2021-016

Launches in 2021

17th of 146

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