Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-11-04 23:18
Scheduled for (local) 2024-11-05 08:18 (YAKT)
Launch site Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia
Launch vehicle Soyuz 2.1b / Fregat-M
Launch provider Roscosmos
Payload Ionosfera-M n°1 & 2
Mission success criteria Successful launch and deployment of Ionosphera satelites into Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Livestreams

Stream Link
Roscosmos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmYGk_MV2-8

Stats

☑️ 4th Soyuz 2.1b launch this year, 91st overall

Payload info (NextSpaceflight)

Ionosfera-M n°1 & 2

Ionosfera is a constellation of four ionospheric and magnetospheric research satellites developed by for Roscosmos for the project Ionozond.

The satellites will operate on circular sun-synchronous orbits (SSO), at altitude of about 800 km and located in two orbital planes of two satellites each.

The following science instruments are carried on the satellites:

  • SPER/1 Plasma and energy radiation spectrometer
  • SG/1 Gamma-ray spectrometer
  • GALS/1 Galactic cosmic ray spectrometer / 1
  • LAERTES On-board Ionosonde
  • NBK/2 Low-frequency wave complex
  • ESEP Ionospheric plasma energy spectrometer
  • Ozonometer-TM Ozonometer
  • MayaK On-board radio transmitters
  • PES GPS-GLONASS device