Kosmos 2552 (EKS 5/Tundra 5)

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat launched Kosmos 2552, a Tundra-series (EKS) early-warning satellite for Russia's missile-detection network, from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical orbit for the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Elliptical

Elliptical orbit

Payload to orbit

2.6 T

Flight

21st

of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights

Date and time

25 November 2021, 01:09 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2021-113

Launches in 2021

122nd of 146

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