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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02

December 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM UTC

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02 launch image
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December 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM UTC

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Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation · 51.8844, 128.3339

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Cosmodrome Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

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Mission description

A pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, with maximum resolution of 1.2 m in panchromatic mode and a swath width of 32 km. 50 small satellites will also be launched as ride-share payloads, including 3 from Iran.

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Трансляция запуска космических аппаратов «Аист-2Т» с космодрома Восточный

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Vehicle

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Soyuz · Fregat-M

Height

46.3 m

Diameter

10.3 m

LEO capacity

8,200 kg

Successful launches

36

Launch complex

Cosmodrome Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first launch took place on 28 April 2016 at 02:01 UTC.

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Launch success.

December 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Liftoff.

December 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started

December 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM UTC · LL2

GO for launch.

December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Added tentative launch time.

December 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin