Launched Meridian-4, a Russian dual-use military/civilian communications satellite, from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical Molniya-type orbit for the Ministry of Defence.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 20 Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flights
- Date and time
- 4 May 2011, 17:41 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 2011-018
- Launches in 2011
- 19th of 84
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