Kosmos 2589

Overview

Destination: Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit 35/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Unidentified payload for the Russian military.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 20, 2025, 7:06 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 19, 2025, 3:50 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 15, 2025, 1:32 a.m.

Updated launch window.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 9, 2025, 5:03 p.m.

Added launch; Payload identity highly uncertain.


Angara A5/Briz-M

Family:
Configuration: A5/Briz-M

Angara A5/Briz-M is an Angara A5 with an Briz-M upper stage previously used on the Proton launch vehicle.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    55.4 m
  • Diameter
    8.86 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    773.0 T
  • Thrust
    9600.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Angara A5/Briz-M
  • Family
  • Variant
    A5/Briz-M
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Angara A5/Briz-M
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $31000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    24500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    5400.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    2800.0 kg
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

(KhSC)

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy Founded: 1916 Successes: 181 Failures: 15 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

INFO WIKI

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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