Glonass-K1 No. 20 (?)

A Soyuz-2.1b from Plesetsk placed a classified Russian Defense Ministry spacecraft into its target orbit for the Aerospace Forces Space Troops. The ministry said insertion was on time, telemetry was stable, and onboard systems were functioning normally.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

5.9 T (est.)

Flight

36th

of 36 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

17 September 2026, 16:50 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Navigation

International designator

2026-216

Launches in 2026

226th of 243

See it in orbit

Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.

View satellites in Space Atlas↗