Kosmos 2581/2582/2583

Final flight of the light-class Soyuz-2.1v, which launched the classified Kosmos 2581, 2582 and 2583 military satellites from Plesetsk into a roughly 600 km polar orbit using a Volga upper stage.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

2 T (est.)

Flight

8th

of 8 Soyuz 2.1v Volga flights

Date and time

5 February 2025, 03:59 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1v Volga

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2025-026

Launches in 2025

27th of 329

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