Exists? - Soyuz-2-1X - Baikonur 31/6 - ???

[zubenelgenubi]

Cross-post:

2nd half of August - Kosmos (?) - Soyuz 2-1 (?) - Baikonur 31/6

https://twitter.com/anik1982space/status/1282769218551853057

Rogozin:
"...We have a launch scheduled for August from Baikonur as well.
I'm sorry, not GLONASS, but we'll have another machine flying. So, in August, in the second half of August."

I assume that a version of Soyuz-2 will be used--unless an apparently retired LV is resurrected.
EDIT: See below--there are no known military payloads to be launched on Proton-M.

There's no indication if an upper stage will be used or not.  (If used, a version of Fregat?)

Gagarin's Start is not yet available, so I assume LC 31/6 will be used.

Are there any known possible payloads for this launch?

[Steven Pietrobon]

English translation

"Rogozin reported on an unknown space launch from Baikonur in August: "In August we have a launch from Baikonur as well. This is GLONASS... I'm sorry, not GLONASS, but the other vehicle we're going to have to fly. So, in August, in the second half of August""

[Alter Sachse]

Are there any known possible payloads for this launch?

Pion-NKS ?
Neitron ?

[B. Hendrickx]

The only military payload that has been launched from Baikonur in recent years is Blagovest on the Proton. I understand the one launched in August 2019 (nr. 14L) was the last one.  To the best of my knowledge, no other military payloads are currently scheduled to be launched from Baikonur. Therefore, my best guess is that Rogozin somehow misspoke and was referring to a launch from Plesetsk rather than Baikonur. There is a whole bunch of military satellites on the waiting list, so could be anything.

[zubenelgenubi]

if anyone else has some insight, please chime in.

If this turns out to be a satellite actually launched from Plesetsk, and it's a satellite previously discussed here, I'll merge this thread with the pre-existing thread.

[zubenelgenubi]

Thread bump: any new news of this launch?

[zubenelgenubi]

Thread bump: any new news of this launch?

Cross-post:

The article in RIA Novosti about Gonets launch on Sept 24 - specifically says this will be the next launch of Russian LV:

Это будет ближайший по времени пуск российской ракеты-носителя.

Therefore, we can now delete this line

H2 August (xx:xx:xx.xxx) - Kosmos-254x (TBD) - Soyuz 2-1x (x) - Baikonur, 31/6

from schedule.

Yet another example that we should take words of Mr. Rogozin with a spoon of salt.

I'd like to keep the thread available, if and when a payload and launch materializes.

[The thread was later locked.]