Cosmos 2546

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Description:

• COSMOS 2546 is a Russian missile warning satellite and is likely the fourth EKS (Tundra) satellite. The new generation of EKS satellites replace Russia′s Oko series of missile warning spacecraft, the last of which launched in 2012.

Mission details:

• On May 22, 2020 the Russian Space Forces launched the fourth Kupol (EKS) missile early warning satellite on a Soyuz-2-1B. The Fregat upper stage made three burns to place the satellite in a high-perigee Molniya type orbit.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking