Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Mission Description
Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region.
Also onboard is the Skif-D demonstration satellite for the planned Russian Sfera LEO communication satellite constellation.
