2015 · Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

Persona

successSoyuz | Persona (Kosmos 2506)

A military reconnaissance satellite will be launched on Tuesday by a Soyuz-2.1b although Russian Defence Ministry has not yet officially confirmed the information. Source: http://tass.ru/en/non-political/802905

Overview

Date / time: June 23, 2015 at 04:44 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: 43/4 (43R)
Mission: Persona
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Launch vehicle

Soyuz 2.1b →

Launch provider

Russian Aerospace Defence Forces →

Payloads deployed · 1

COSMOS 2506

LEO