Orbited Kosmos 2455, the first satellite of Russia's new Lotos-S electronic intelligence type, part of the Liana signals-intelligence system alongside the planned Pion-NKS satellites.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 70th
- of 70 Soyuz-U-PVB flights
- Date and time
- 20 November 2009, 10:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U-PVB
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 16/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2009-063
- Launches in 2009
- 66th of 78
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