Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat launched Russia's Meteor-M No.1 polar-orbiting weather satellite from Baikonur, along with six secondary payloads including BLITS, Tatiana-2, Sterkh-2, UGATUSAT, Sumbandila and IRIS.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.2 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 26 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat flights
- Date and time
- 17 September 2009, 15:55 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b Fregat
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2009-049
- Launches in 2009
- 52nd of 78
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: BLITS
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