VKO Rokot/Briz-KM Gonets M-14, Gonets M-16, Gonets M-17
Rokot/Briz-KM
Status
Success
Date
11 SEP 2013
23:23
Launch Provider
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
Launch Pad
133/3 (133L)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Mission Overview
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.
Rocket
Rokot/Briz-KM
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
3
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