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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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🚀Obzor-R No.1

ROSCOSMOS

Government • RUS

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Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Mar 31 at 03:00am

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Mar 31 at 12:00am

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Current status

TBD

Soyuz 2.1a

Launch vehicle

Obzor-R No.1

Mission

62.9256

Latitude

40.5778

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Note: For all launches the scheduled launch dates and times are subject to change due to weather, equipment, crew and other factors.

Mission description

The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress. In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated. The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m.

— Obzor-R No.1

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Attending a launch in person

Paid guided tours are how foreigners access Russian cosmodromes, for example Russia Discovery or Star City Tours, at a cost of around 3000 USD. The most valuable service they'll provide is organizing your permits with the Russian or Kazakh authorities.

If you only plan on seeing one, Vostochny is the most modern and likely the heart of Russian spaceflight moving forward, while Baikonur is steeped in history as the launch place of the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin) and the first woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova).

How to get there

From Moscow you can take an 18-hour overnight train directly to Plesetsk or a flight to Arkhangelsk and then a 5-hour train from there to Plesetsk or Mirny.

Note this is a highly restricted military spaceport and so all necessary permissions will need to be arranged beforehand.

Accomodation

Nearby hotels in Mirny for authorized visitors only. Hotels in Plesetsk are available to the general public.

Nearby parking

Parking not available on-site.

Agency details

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) oversees Russia's space activities, including human spaceflight, satellite launches, and interplanetary missions. Notable for its Soyuz spacecraft and Progress resupply missions to the ISS, ROSCOSMOS plays a crucial role in international space collaboration.