"Roscosmos" reported the arrival of 42 Russian and foreign satellites at the Vostochny Cosmodrome. They will be sent into space on the "Soyuz-2.1b" rocket with the "Fregat" booster as an accompanying useful load with the meteorological satellite "Meteor-M" No 2-3.
Small satellites were brought to the East from the Blagoveshchensk airport by "Glavkosmos" specialists. According to the "Glavkosmos" contract with the Innovation Support Fund, 16 university cubesats of the Space-Pi project will be launched, and under the Roscosmos "Universat" program - nine satellites. Another 17 small spacecraft will be launched in the interests of Russian and foreign commercial customers.
As for "Meteor-M" № 2-3, this spacecraft is intended for tasks like hydrometeorological support, climate monitoring, and studying the Earth's natural resources. Its difference from "Meteor-M" № 2-2 is that the new spacecraft is equipped with an onboard radar complex based on an active phased array. This will provide all-weather radar monitoring of the Northern Sea Route.