• Source: Blagovest (satellite)

Blagovest satellites (technical identifier 14F149) form a constellation of four geostationary satellites to support Russian Armed Forces communications.
The satellites have Ka and Q band transponders, and provide high speed internet, telephony, and other services. They were manufactured by ISS Reshetnev, and are based on the Ekspress-2000 bus featuring two deployable solar arrays with five panels on each. The design life is 15 years.
The first satellite Kosmos 2520/Blagovest-11L was launched on 16 August 2017, Kosmos 2526/Blagovest 12L on 18 April 2018, Kosmos 2533/Blagovest 13L on 21 December 2018, with the fourth (Kosmos 2539/Blagovest-14L) launched on 5 August 2019, using a Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M orbital insertion module. All launches took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81 Pad 24.




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• Briz (tahapan roket)
• Blagovest (satellite)
• Blagovest (disambiguation)
• List of Kosmos satellites (2501–2750)
• List of Proton launches (2010–2019)
• NepaliSat-1
• 2019 in spaceflight
• RISAT-2B
• CHEOPS
• Ekspress (satellite bus)
• Intelsat 39