Communications satellite “Meridian” put into the proper orbit – BFM.Ru

The launch took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome

Combat calculation troops Aerospace Defense successfully produced from Plesetsk launch rocket middle class “Soyuz-2.1a” with the satellite communication ” Meridian “said BFM.ru representative of the press service and information on the Defense Ministry troops Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin EKR.

The launch took place at 04:43 MSK with launcher platform number 4 № 43. Start and rocket flight media, as well as the separation of the spacecraft passed normally. At 04:51 upper stage “Fregat” successfully separated from the rocket’s third stage and the set time brought “Meridian” on orbit. At 07:01 companion was adopted to manage major test Space Center Titov. Onboard systems “Meridian” functioning normally, with it supports sustainable telemetry. See also: Russian communications satellite “Express-AM6″ put into the proper orbit

This is the fourth launch “Soyuz-2″, carried troops EKR in 2014 from Plesetsk. Previous launch was held on June 14 while the grouping of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System GLONASS joins spacecraft “Glonass-M”. As for the satellite “Meridian”, it is intended to ensure communication of ships and aircraft ice reconnaissance in the area of ​​the Northern Sea Route to land, ground stations, expanding the network of satellite communication stations of the northern regions of Siberia and the Far East.