According to the Lavochkin NGO, the spacecraft will be launched into a highly elliptical orbit by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle and the Fregat upper stage."
MOSCOW, February 19. /TASS/. The launch of the Arktika-M satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome is scheduled for February 28. This was announced by the Deputy General Designer of the Lavochkin NPO for general design Ivan Moskatinyev in an interview with the TV channel "Russia-24".
"[The launch of the Arctic-M ]is scheduled for February 28, " he said. As said Muscatine, the start will take place from Baikonur cosmodrome. The spacecraft will be launched into a highly elliptical orbit by a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle and a Fregat upper stage.
Earlier, the Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the state corporation plans to launch the first satellite "Arctic-M" in February 2021. According to him, the Federal space Agency agreed with the Federal service to analyze the possibility that the first two spacecraft "Arktika-M" "were not alone". These satellites will allow you to get an overview image of the Northern Polar Region of the Earth and adjacent territories at least once every 15-30 minutes.
