Rockot launches three Gonets M store-forward sats and a Blits M retro-reflector

by | Dec 27, 2019 | Launches, Russia, Satellites

In a late year launch (Russian launches are often timed for the “Western” Christmas period) a Rockot/Breeze KM launch vehicle launched the Gonets M-14, M-15 and M-16  civilian “store-forward” communication satellites for JSC Gonets SatCom.  The launch took place from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia at 2311 GMT on 26 December.

The Gonets satellites are a copy of the Strela type military store forward satellites. The launch also carried the Russian-owned Blits M retro-reflector satellite which will be used by the International Laser Ranging Service.

Phil Hylands contributed to this report.

 

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