Overview
Most satellites launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome are intended for military use (51.5%) and for the purpose of communications (45.4%).Majority of these satellites are LEO satellites, with around 107 (82.3%) launched so far.
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Apogee, Perigee & Period
Satellite Mass
Highlights on some of the satellites launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome:
Heaviest satellite launched by Würzburg Center For Telematics into space at 4 kg
Netsat-1 is a commercial satellite operated by Würzburg Center for Telematics (Germany) for the purpose of technology demonstration.
Constructed by Würzburg Center for Telematics (Germany), it was launched into space using Soyuz-2.1b as the launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 28 September 2020. Netsat-1 orbits around the Earth as a sun-synchronous LEO satellite.
Netsat-1 has a launch mass of 4 kg and orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2020-068W and NORAD ID 46506.
Taking 96 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 544km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 567km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 1.66E-03 and it orbits at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Heaviest satellite launched by EUMETSAT (European Organization For The Exploitation Of Meteorological Satellites) into space at 2,300 kg
Operated by EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) of ESA, Sentinel 3A is a government satellite launched for the purpose of earth observation (Earth Science).
A sun-synchronous LEO satellite, it was launched into space using Rokot as the launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 16 February 2016. Sentinel 3A was constructed by Thales Alenia Space (France).
Designated with COSPAR ID 2016-011A and NORAD ID 41335, Sentinel 3A is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 7 years. It has a launch mass of 2,300 kg and dry mass of 2,146 kg.
Taking 101 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 802km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 804km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 1.39E-04 and it orbits at an inclination of 99 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
Heaviest satellite launched by Gonets Satcom into space at 280 kg
Gonets M-26 is a commercial satellite operated by Gonets Satcom (Russia) for the purpose of communications.
Constructed by ISS Reshetnev (Russia), it was launched into space using Rokot as the launch vehicle from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 26 December 2019. Gonets M-26 orbits around the Earth as a polar LEO satellite.
Designated with COSPAR ID 2019-096C and NORAD ID 44907, Gonets M-26 is designed to operate in space for a lifetime of 7 years. It has a launch mass of 280 kg.
Using its self-produced usable power of 120 watts, Gonets M-26 orbits at an inclination of 83 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
The satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 1,500km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 1,507km. Its orbit has an eccentricity of 4.45E-04 and it takes 116 minutes to orbit the Earth.
Third heaviest satellite launched by Technical University Berlin into space at 12 kg
Designed for space science, SALSAT is a civil satellite operated by Technical University Berlin (Germany).
Delivered via Soyuz-2.1b (launch vehicle) from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, it was launched into space on 28 September 2020 and orbits the Earth as a sun-synchronous LEO satellite. SALSAT was constructed by Technical University Berlin (Germany).
SALSAT has a launch mass of 12 kg and orbits around the Earth with the COSPAR ID 2020-068K and NORAD ID 46495.
Taking 96 minutes to orbit the Earth, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 546km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 568km. The eccentricity of the orbit is 1.59E-03 and it orbits at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.
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By Use Type: Civil-use satellites | Commercial satellites | Government satellites | Military satellites
By Country: USA | UK | France | Germany | Japan | China | Russia | Australia | Canada
By Orbit Class/Type: LEO satellites | MEO satellites | GEO satellites | Elliptical orbit | Polar orbit | Equatorial orbit | Non-polar inclined orbit | Sun-synchronous orbit | Molniya orbit
By Operators: SpaceX | EUTELSAT | SES | European Space Agency (ESA) | Planet Labs | Iridium | Spire Global | OneWeb | Swarm Technologies | NASA - Dataset of Satellites Launched (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | Canadian Space Agency (CSA) - Dataset of Satellites Launched
By Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 | Ariane 5 | Ariane 5 ECA | Delta 2 | Dnepr | Electron | Falcon Heavy | Long March 2C | Long March 2D | Long March 3B | Pegasus | Proton | Proton M | PSLV | Rokot | Soyuz | Soyuz-2.1b | Vega
By Launch Vehicle: Cape Canaveral | Baikonur Cosmodrome | Guiana Space Center | International Space Station | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | Taiyuan Launch Center | Vandenberg AFB | Xichang Satellite Launch Center | Boeing Satellite Systems | Airbus Defense and Space | EADS Astrium | Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems | Space Systems/Loral | Surrey Satellite Technology | Technical University Berlin | Thales Alenia Space
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