News Archive / Tagged: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

• Russia launches final Rockot with trio of communications satellites

  SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 27th, 2019

  Russia launched its final mission on the nation's 2019 manifest when it sent three communications satellites to orbit on Friday, Dec. 27. The flight marked the close of a vehicle designed for violence.

• One of the final missions for Rokot booster lifts off from Plesetsk

  Jason RhianNovember 30th, 2018

  One of the last planned launches of a Rokot booster took to the skies above the Plesetsk Cosmodrone’s Site 133. It marked a rare flight of a rocket that can trace its lineage back to an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The flight lifted off at 05:00 MSK (9:00 p.m. EST) on Sept. 29, 2018.

• Soyuz 2.1b launches new GLONASS-M navigation satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 4th, 2018

  Russia has continued the expansion of its GLONASS constellation with the Nov. 3, 2018 flight of a Soyuz 2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome located in northern Russia. 

• Russian military launches Soyuz 2.1b rocket with spy satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 25th, 2018

  The United States wasn't the only country to launch a military spacecraft recently. Russia has sent the Lotos-S1 spacecraft to orbit on a mission for its military.

• Rokot sends Europe’s Sentinel-3B Earth-observing satellite to orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 25th, 2018

  A Russian Rokot booster took to the skies April 25, 2018, on a mission to orbit Sentinel-3B, the latest satellite for Europe’s Copernicus Earth-observation program. Liftoff took place at 1:57 p.m. EDT (17:57 GMT) from Site 133/3 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

• Russian Rokot launcher to orbit Sentinel-3B Earth-observing satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 23rd, 2018

  A Russian Rokot launch vehicle is poised to launch the European Sentinel-3B Earth-observing satellite to orbit at 1:57 p.m. EDT (17:57 GMT) April 25, 2018, from Site 133/3 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. 

• Soyuz 2.1b launches military satellite into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 2nd, 2017

  The recent failure of a Soyuz 2.1b mission, which was unable to place a fleet of 19 satellites into their targeted orbits, has not stopped Russia from sending another such booster into space. This time, lifting off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 10:43 GMT (5:43 a.m. EST) on Saturday, December 2, 2017, a Soyuz 2.1b successfully orbited the Lotos-S1 (№ 803) military spacecraft for the Russian Defense Ministry.

• Soyuz-2.1b launches GLONASS-M navigation satellite into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 23rd, 2017

  A Soyuz-2.1b rocket successfully sent the newest GLONASS-M into orbit on Friday, September 22, in order to replenish the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). The launch took place at 0:03 UTC (8:03 p.m. EDT Sept. 21) from Site 43/4 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

• Russia launches covert payload on rare Soyuz variant

  Curt GodwinJune 23rd, 2017

  A rare Soyuz-2-1v rocket lifted off from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deliver a covert payload to a highly inclined polar orbit. The rocket departed at 2:04 p.m. EDT (18:04 GMT) on June 23, 2017, from Plesetsk's Site 43, and was only the third flight of this uncommon launch vehicle.

• Soyuz rocket successfully delivers EKS-2 early-warning satellite to rare orbit

  Curt GodwinMay 25th, 2017

  Shortly after 2:34 a.m. EDT (06:34 GMT), May 25, 2017, a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket lifted off from site No. 43 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome and delivered the second of the EKS series of early-warning satellites to a rare Tundra orbit.

• EKS marks the spot: Russia set to launch 2nd of 6 early-warning satellites

  Curt GodwinMay 23rd, 2017

  Russia looks to enhance its missile detection system with the launch of the second in a series of six early-warning satellites. The EKS-2 satellite, alternately classed as a member of the 'Tundra' family of launch detection spacecraft, is designed to replace Russia's aging early-warning infrastructure and is targeting a launch at 2:33 a.m. EDT (0633 GMT) on May 25, 2017, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

• Rokot launcher blasts off with Russian Geo-IK-2 geodesy satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 4th, 2016

  Russia successfully launched a Rokot booster on Saturday, June 4, carrying the country’s latest geodesy satellite. The spacecraft, named Geo-IK-2 No.12, lifted off at 10:00 a.m. EDT (14:00 GMT) from Site 133/3 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

• Russia to launch Geo-IK-2 satellite on Saturday amid protests in Canada

  Tomasz NowakowskiJune 4th, 2016

  Russia is gearing up to launch its newest Geo-IK-2 geodesy satellite atop a Rokot booster on Saturday, June 4. Launch preparations are underway – despite voices of concern being raised in Canada about the rocket's toxic fuel possibly polluting the waters near Ellesmere Island.

• Soyuz-2.1b blasts off from Plesetsk with latest GLONASS-M satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 29th, 2016

  Russia successfully launched its newest GLONASS-M spacecraft on Sunday, May 29, in order to replenish the country's homegrown navigation satellite system. The spacecraft took to the skies atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket at exactly 4:45 a.m. EDT (08:45 GMT) from the Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

• Russia to launch its latest GLONASS-M navigation satellite on Sunday

  Tomasz NowakowskiMay 28th, 2016

  A Soyuz-2.1b rocket is all set to launch the newest satellite for Russia’s homegrown GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS). The spacecraft will blast off at 4:44 a.m. EDT (08:44 GMT) Sunday, May 29, from the Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.