Blagovest (satellite)

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Scale model during the "Armiya 2021" exhibition. "Blagovest" communication satellite scale model during the "Armiya 2021" exhibition.jpg
Scale model during the "Armiya 2021" exhibition.

Blagovest satellites (technical identifier 14F149) form a constellation of four geostationary satellites to support Russian Armed Forces communications.

The satellites have Ka and Q band transponders, [1] and provide high speed internet, telephony, and other services. [2] They were manufactured by ISS Reshetnev, and are based on the Ekspress-2000 bus featuring two deployable solar arrays with five panels on each. The design life is 15 years. [3]

The first satellite Kosmos 2520/Blagovest-11L was launched on 16 August 2017, [1] Kosmos 2526/Blagovest 12L on 18 April 2018, Kosmos 2533/Blagovest 13L on 21 December 2018, with the fourth (Kosmos 2539/Blagovest-14L) launched on 5 August 2019, using a Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M orbital insertion module. [4] [3] All launches took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81 Pad 24. [5]

Source [6]
SatelliteLaunched onCarrier rocket / Orbital insertion moduleCOSPARPositionStatus
Blagovest 116 August 2017 Proton-M / Briz-M 2017-046A 46° estOK
Blagovest 218 April 2018Proton-M / Briz-M 2018-037A 49° estOK
Blagovest 321 December 2018Proton-M / Briz-M 2018-107A 52° estOK
Blagovest 45 August 2019Proton-M / Briz-M 2019-048A 55° estOK

References

  1. 1 2 14F149 Blagovest communications satellite, Global Security, accessed 2019-01-17
  2. ↑ Russia to Complete Military Satellite Constellation Blagovest in April, Sputnik News/Space Daily, 2019-01-15
  3. 1 2 Blagovest 1, 2, 3, 4 (14F149), Gunter’s Space Page, accessed 2019-01-17
  4. ↑ Graham, William (5 August 2019). "Forums L2 Sign Up SLS/Orion SpaceX Commercial ISS International Other Proton-M successfully launches fourth Blagovest satellite". NASA Spaceflight.com. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Proton launches the final Blagovest satellite".
  6. ↑ Gunter Dirk Krebs. "Blagovest 1, 2, 3, 4 (14F149)" . Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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