Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 3 & 4

Launch Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 05:54:00 GMT

Launch Site: Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Status: To Be Confirmed

Mission Details

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

Launch Service Provider

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) (RFSA)

Rocket Information

Configuration: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Manufacturer: Progress Rocket Space Center
Payload Capacity to LEO: 8200 kg
Height: 46.3 meters
Diameter: 10.3 meters

Launch Pad

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation Cosmodrome Site 1S

Updates

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