Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces has made 22 launches since its first on 23 December 2011: 20 successful, 2 failed or partly failed (91% success). Its first success was Kobalt-M No.8 (Kosmos-2480) on 17 May 2012. Its latest was Persona (Kosmos 2506) on 23 June 2015. It has carried 41 satellites, 38 of them still in orbit.
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Launches a year
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Highlights
| Date | Launch |
|---|---|
| 23 December 2011 | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat, Meridian 5First launch · failure |
| 17 May 2012 | Soyuz-U, Kobalt-M No.8 (Kosmos-2480)First successful launch · success |
| 28 July 2012 | Rokot / Briz-KM, Gonets M-13, Gonets M-15, Strela-3M (Kosmos-2481) & Yubileyniy 2 (MiR)First Rokot flight · success |
| 14 November 2012 | Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat, Meridian 6First Soyuz-2.1a flight · success |
| 26 April 2013 | Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat, Glonass-M (Kosmos 2485)First successful Soyuz-2.1b flight · success |
| 23 June 2015 | Soyuz, Persona (Kosmos 2506)Latest launch · success |
Rockets
| Rocket | First launch | Launches |
|---|---|---|
| Rokot | 28 July 2012 | 7 |
| Soyuz-2.1b | 23 December 2011 | 6 |
| Soyuz-2.1a | 14 November 2012 | 5 |
| Soyuz-U | 17 May 2012 | 1 |
| Soyuz 2.1v | 28 December 2013 | 1 |
| Soyuz 2-1B | 25 December 2014 | 1 |
| Soyuz | 23 June 2015 | 1 |
Launch sites
| Plesetsk Cosmodrome | 22 |
Satellites carried
41 satellites in the catalogue went up on Russian Aerospace Defence Forces launches; 38 are still in orbit. By who uses them: defence 28, civil government 1, commercial 11, academic and non-profit 1.