Rokot/Briz-KM launched South Korea's KOMPSAT-2 (Arirang-2) Earth observation satellite from Plesetsk, carrying a 1-meter-resolution camera for mapping and disaster monitoring; the mission marked Rokot's return to flight after a prior failure.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 765 kg
- Flight
- 8th
- of 31 Rokot/Briz-KM flights
- Date and time
- 28 July 2006, 07:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Rokot/Briz-KM
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2006-031
- Launches in 2006
- 34th of 66
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