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Russian Space ForcesLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretSoyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Launched 2025-05-23 08:36 UTC43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
113th
orbital launch attempt in 2025
Russian Space Forces
4th
launch this year
43/4 (43R)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
107 d 4 h
since the pad's previous launch
Unknown classified payload for the Russian military.
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.
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Launch success & payload in contact.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch; Payload and launch vehicle variant uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
46.3m
Diameter
10.3m
To low Earth orbit
8,200kg
Liftoff thrust
4,150kN
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