NSSDCA/COSPAR ID: 2001-058F
Gonets 14 is a Russian civilian reconnaissance/communications spacecraft that was launched by a Tsiklon 3 rocket from Plesetsk at 04:09 UT on 28 December 2001. (Some Russian reports have carried the series name as Gonets D1, instead of just Gonets.) These were reported as Payload D, Payload E, and Payload F in SPX-578. The Gonets' are to locate and report natural and man-made environmental disasters around the world, and to relay messages from/to mobile telephones, like the earlier six Gonets' are doing.
Launch Date: 2001-12-28
Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-3
Launch Site: Plesetsk, Russia
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