Russia successfully launched a multi-purpose satellite into space
The successful launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage and the Arktika-M No. 1 spacecraft on board took place on Sunday morning from the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
This was reported by the official website of Roscosmos, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
After 562 seconds, according to the processed telemetric information, the warhead separated from the third stage of the carrier in normal mode.
The highest reliability, the ability to launch from four cosmodromes and almost perfect launch accuracy give the Fregat upper stage an undeniable competitive advantage over world analogues.
The creation of a satellite system in highly elliptical orbits is necessary for information support in solving problems of operational meteorology, hydrology, climate and environmental monitoring in the Arctic region. The Arktika-M spacecraft will provide round-the-clock continuous monitoring of the northern territory of the Russian Federation and the seas of the Arctic Ocean, as well as relaying signals from the COSPAS-SARSAT system.
The new satellite will move away and approach the earth's surface every day, which will allow it to provide images of different scales. Its speed will differ from the speed of rotation of the Earth, and the shooting angle will continuously change.
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