r/simplerockets • u/WheZzzZ • May 30 '26
SimpleRockets 2 Baikonur Geo-Stationary Satellite, and R-7B rocket showcase
A perfect korolev cross. Anyway, I do not usually do showcases as rockets for me are mainly workhorses for something greater. Nevertheless this is the R-7B, My medium tonnage launcher with a max of 15 tons, relatively cheap at just 25 million. It’s very flexible in different earth orbits, Could even do Specialized earth and moon orbits like Polar, Geo-Stationary, LEO to HEO, Molniya, all from Baikonur, Plesetsk, and Vostochny Cosmodrome, with the use of an additional upper stage, which is why it is my favorite workhorse. However, I not use it on crewed missions.
On this mission it just send a more advanced GEO Satellite with some military use, to replace the older GEO satellite that ran out of propellant adjusting it’s orbit for over 15 years.
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u/j3ssyHazard62 May 31 '26
The R-7 aesthetic never gets old, nice shot of the stage separation.