NAVAREA XIX 118/24BARENTS SEA1. ROCKET LAUNCHING 0700 TO 0900 UTC 17 TO 30 SEPIN AREAS DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION BOUNDED BYAREA: AA. 71-31.03N 032-57.54EB. 70-31.57N 034-23.46EC. 70-17.07N 033-00.42ED. 70-59.45N 032-05.00EE. 71-22.33N 032-05.00EF. 71-31.03N 032-57.54EAREA: BA. 74-26.38N 028-28.51EB. 73-21.04N 030-39.43EC. 73-03.21N 029-12.41ED. 74-12.43N 027-05.01EE. 74-26.38N 028-28.51E2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301000 UTC SEP 24
NAVAREA XII121725Z SEP 24NAVAREA XII 744/24(18,19).NORTH PACIFIC.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 0700Z TO 1100ZDAILY 17 THRU 30 SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:A. 30-04.69N 127-23.08W 30-18.40N 128-29.38W26-42.43N 129-17.48W 26-27.62N 128-11.59W.B. 38-11.33N 170-04.15W 38-41.80N 172-20.42W31-37.52N 174-21.19W 30-59.02N 172-02.78W2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301200Z SEP 24.
Looks like an Angara-1.2 is about to be launched from Plesetsk.Impact areas for the first stage and the nose fairing:QuoteNAVAREA XIX 118/24BARENTS SEA1. ROCKET LAUNCHING 0700 TO 0900 UTC 17 TO 30 SEPIN AREAS DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION BOUNDED BYAREA: AA. 71-31.03N 032-57.54EB. 70-31.57N 034-23.46EC. 70-17.07N 033-00.42ED. 70-59.45N 032-05.00EE. 71-22.33N 032-05.00EF. 71-31.03N 032-57.54EAREA: BA. 74-26.38N 028-28.51EB. 73-21.04N 030-39.43EC. 73-03.21N 029-12.41ED. 74-12.43N 027-05.01EE. 74-26.38N 028-28.51E2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301000 UTC SEP 24Impact areas for the 2nd stage and the AM stage:QuoteNAVAREA XII121725Z SEP 24NAVAREA XII 744/24(18,19).NORTH PACIFIC.1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS 0700Z TO 1100ZDAILY 17 THRU 30 SEP IN AREAS BOUND BY:A. 30-04.69N 127-23.08W 30-18.40N 128-29.38W26-42.43N 129-17.48W 26-27.62N 128-11.59W.B. 38-11.33N 170-04.15W 38-41.80N 172-20.42W31-37.52N 174-21.19W 30-59.02N 172-02.78W2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301200Z SEP 24.The coordinates slightly differ from those for the Angara-1.2. launches on April 29, 2022 (Kosmos-2555) and October 15, 2022 (Kosmos-2560).When visiting Plesetsk last April, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said there would be three Angara launches this year. He was shown several Angara rockets being prepared for launch at the time. Video and pictures are here:https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12510298@egNews
Planned Russian space launches(suborbital launches are not included!)2024UTC Date (Format: DDD:HH:MM:SS:MS) – Satellite(s) – Rocket/Upper stage – Cosmodrome (Site/Pad) - RemarksSeptember 17/30 (261:07:00:xx.xxx/274:09:00:xx.xxx) - Kosmos – Angara-A1.2/AM (71604/x) – Plesetsk, 35/1<snip>TBD (xxx:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos/Kosmos/Kosmos (14F132 Rodnik-S/Strela-3M) [block-17] – Angara-A1.2/AM or Angara-A1.2/Briz-KM-2 (7160x/x) or Rokot-M/Briz-KM-2 (x/x) – Plesetsk, 35/1 or Plesetsk, 133/3TBD (xxx:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos/Kosmos/Kosmos (14F132 Rodnik-S/Strela-3M) [block-18] – Angara-A1.2/AM or Angara-A1.2/Briz-KM-2 (7160x/x) or Rokot-M/Briz-KM-2 (x/x) – Plesetsk, 35/1 or Plesetsk, 133/3TBD (xxx:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos/Kosmos/Kosmos (14F132 Rodnik-S/Strela-3M) [block-19] – Angara-A1.2/AM or Angara-A1.2/Briz-KM-2 (7160x/x) or Rokot-M/Briz-KM-2 (x/x) – Plesetsk, 35/1 or Plesetsk, 133/3TBD (xxx:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos/Kosmos/Kosmos (14F132 Rodnik-S/Strela-3M) [block-20] – Angara-A1.2/AM or Angara-A1.2/Briz-KM-2 (7160x/x) or Rokot-M/Briz-KM-2 (x/x) – Plesetsk, 35/1 or Plesetsk, 133/3TBD (xxx:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos (MKA-R №1) – Angara-A1.2/AM (17605/x) – Plesetsk, 35/1TBD (xxx:xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos – Angara-A1.2/AM (17606/x) – Plesetsk, 35/1<snip>
Unless this is a previously (completely) unknown payload, then it should be one of these?If so, is any one of them more probable?
07:01 ?
CelesTrak has GP data for 2 objects from the launch (2024-166) of COSMOS 2577 & 2578 atop an Angara-1.2 rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Sep 17 at 1001 UTC: russianspaceweb.com/angara1-flight…. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2024-166
Thanks for the info Bart! The latest two do have a very similar orbit to COSMOS 2568 but they orbit in the other direction, with the node in sunlight being ascending. That's weird, if have never seen that before. Normally if you add satellites to the plane you would put them in the same direction and phase them equally to ensure a pass per day. 3 per plane seem right for that since they are flying low, normally 2 are enough.