2022 · Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D
successSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D
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. Also onboard is the Skif-D demonstration satellite for the planned Russian Sfera LEO communication satellite constellation.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 22, 2022 at 07:57 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Cosmodrome Site 1S
- Mission
- Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit