Rokot/Briz-KM | Gonets-M24, Gonets-M25, Gonets-M26 & Blits-M

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Russian Space Forces (Government)
• Rocket: Rokot/Briz-KM — Rokot family

Mission

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region. Gonets-M satellites share the ride with the Blits-M microsatellite, which is a geodesic satellite tasked with determining precise orbit parameters for GLONASS satellites.

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: 133/3 (133L)
• Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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