Kosmos 2589

Overview

Destination: Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit 35/1 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Unidentified payload for the Russian military.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 19, 2025, 3:50 a.m.

Liftoff.

Cosmic_Penguin • June 20, 2025, 7:06 a.m.

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin • June 9, 2025, 5:03 p.m.

Added launch; Payload identity highly uncertain.

Cosmic_Penguin • June 15, 2025, 1:32 a.m.

Updated launch window.

Angara A5/Briz-M

Family:
Configuration: A5/Briz-M

Angara A5/Briz-M is an Angara A5 with an Briz-M upper stage previously used on the Proton launch vehicle.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
55.4 m
Diameter
8.86 m
Fairing Diameter
5.0 m
Launch Mass
773.0 T
Thrust
9600.0 kN

Family

Name
Angara A5/Briz-M
Family
―
Variant
A5/Briz-M
Alias
―
Full Name
Angara A5/Briz-M

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
$31000000
Low Earth Orbit
24500.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
5400.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
2800.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center

(KhSC)

Director: Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy Founded: 1916 Successes: 181 Failures: 15 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.

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Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

35/1

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