Angara-A1.2/AM - Kosmos (Rodnik blok 17) - Plesetsk - NET 2023

[zubenelgenubi]

A triplet of Rodnik-S satellites will be launched by this flight.  The launch will be from Plesetsk LC 133/3.

If the launch is successful, each satellite will receive a Kosmos designation.

This is expected to be the last launch of the current version of Rokot launch vehicle.

[Alter Sachse]

I don't think this launch will be made with a "Rokot".

https://tass.ru/kosmos/6826716

".....Earlier on Friday, the Rokot rocket launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome launched a new military satellite into orbit. Major-General Nikolai Nestochuk, the head of the cosmodrome, said that this launch was the last use of the Rokot missile in connection with the plans of the Ministry of Defense to switch to modernized carriers of this type."

The 3 Gonets in November will be the last flight of the Rokot.

[VDD1991]

The planned November 2019 Rokot launch is listed at https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/rokot.htm. Any idea what rocket will launch Rodnik blok 17?

[anik]

Any idea what rocket will launch Rodnik blok 17?

The question is: does Rodnik block 17 exist?

[russianhalo117]

The planned November 2019 Rokot launch is listed at https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/rokot.htm. Any idea what rocket will launch Rodnik blok 17?

That is old information per everyone I've talked to so far.

[Salo]

Last Rokot:
https://tass.ru/kosmos/6951950
Google translate:

MOSCOW, October 2. / TASS /. Operation of the Rokot launch vehicles of the basic version may end on November 29 with the launch of three communication satellites of the Gonets system from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, Oleg Khimochko, the first deputy general director of the Gonets Satellite System JSC, told TASS.
“The launch date is November 29, but the transfer may take place to December 20-29,” Khimochko said, adding that the decision whether to delay the launch or not will be made in the coming days.

[Stan Black]

The Radar version of MKA-V et al.

Any evidence this exists?

I would assume possible candidates are Razbeg (assuming Kosmos-2551 is EMKA-2) and the reconnaissance satellite that VNIIEM has built for Iran under Project 505 (which was said to be ready for launch this year). Actually, the Angara-1.2, which has a capacity of 2.2-2.5 tons to SSO from Plesetsk, should be capable of launching both of these together. But that probably takes us too far into the realm of speculation.

The only military payload that I've seen linked to Angara-1.2 in official documentation is 14F132/Rodnik. The project is suffering significant delays because many Western-built electronic components for its main payload (called 14R59) have to be replaced due to the sanctions. The switch from Rokot to Angara-1.2 may also play a role. The next trio of Rodnik satellites (nrs. 29, 30, 31, which together form "Block 17") is now scheduled for delivery to Plesetsk in August 2023. Satellites nr. 32, 33 and 34 (Block 18) should also have been manufactured by that time. See this court documentation released in July:

https://kad.arbitr.ru/Card/0076dc6c-d208-44f4-9de3-c110a90982cc

Note that there seems to be another Angara-1.2 with a military payload scheduled for launch no earlier than the first quarter of 2022.