Glonass-K1? (Kosmos 2621?)

A Soyuz-2.1b with a Fregat upper stage from Plesetsk Site 43 Pad 3 lofted a military spacecraft to medium Earth orbit for the Russian Ministry of Defense. Insertion was nominal: the Titov Main Test Space Centre tracked the rocket, Space Forces took control, telemetry was stable and onboard systems were reported healthy. ISS Reshetnev, builder of the GLONASS fleet, amplified the announcement. The ministry did not name the satellite.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

MEO

Medium Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

5.9 T (est.)

Flight

37th

of 37 Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flights

Date and time

7 November 2026, 13:22 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

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

Payload

Navigation

Launches in 2026

262nd of 263