At 0114 GMT on 3 December 2020 a Russian Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat launch vehicle was launched from the Plesetsk launch site in Northern Russia. The three main payloads were Gonets-M store forward communications satellites. There was one other satellite aboard – a small Russian military satellite officially called Cosmos 2548 but also known as ERA 1, which is a nanosatellite testing out new technologies.
The business end of the Soyuz 2-1b/Fregat launching on 3 December 2020. Courtesy: Roscosmos
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