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Launched successfully
Kosmos 2600-2608
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M, flown by Russian Space Forces
Launches / Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M, flown by Russian Space Forces
This was Russian Space Forces' 1st launch of 2026, and its 153rd in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 26th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the first from 43/4 (43R).
Russian Space Forces
9 unknown classified payload(s) for the Russian military.
Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first-stage boosters and two core stages feature uprated engines with improved injection systems, compared to the previous versions of the Soyuz. Digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to be launched from a fixed launch platform, whereas the launch platforms for earlier Soyuz rockets had to be rotated as the rocket could not perform a roll to change its heading in flight.
Russian Space Forces
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
157 launches so far, 149 of them successful. The last 69 in a row went to plan.
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