Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Russian Space Forces
Mission Status
Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.
Mission Updates
Updated entry for new launch per NOTAMs scheduled some time between 08:00-20:59 UTC daily, September 17-21; note launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain.
Source →Removed from current schedule with cancellation of closure notices.
Source →Added launch per NOTAMs; Launch vehicle and payload identities uncertain; exact launch window TBD.
Source →Mission Details
Note: Launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain. Unknown classified satellite(s) for the Russian military.
Rocket Configuration
Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.