Cosmos-2569 (satellite)

2023: Orbit Launch

On August 7, 2023, the Soyuz 2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage, launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, launched a military satellite into orbit. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The launch of the launch vehicle and the launch of the spacecraft into the calculated orbit took place in normal mode, the ministry said in a statement.

Soyuz 2.1b Raketa carrier with Fregat upper stage launched a military satellite into orbit

It is noted that after being launched into Earth orbit, the satellite was included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System. He was assigned the serial number "Cosmos-2569." Stable telemetry communication is maintained to the spacecraft. Information about the device was entered by officers of the Main Center for Space Intelligence of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces into the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System.

According to Military Review, the Russian military does not disclose the purpose of the Cosmos satellites, but the United States believes that they are intended, among other things, to intercept American military satellites. The Pentagon does not exclude that the Cosmos satellites should in the future become an element of the Russian orbital group, fulfilling a deterrent role in the space military race, according to the publication of the Russian publication.

From November 8, 2004 to May 27, 2023, 61 Soyuz-2.1a missiles were launched, including one suborbital. It is noted that 254 spacecraft were launched into orbit. The developer of Soyuz-2.1a is the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara. Earlier in 2023, the Russian Aerospace Forces also launched the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome with a spacecraft in the interests of the Ministry of Defense.^[1]

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