3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2585, 2586, 2587)

Launched three Russian military satellites (Kosmos 2585, 2586 and 2587), believed to be Rodnik store-and-forward communications satellites, from Plesetsk for the Russian Defense Ministry.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

660 kg

Flight

4th

of 7 Angara 1.2 flights

Date and time

16 March 2025, 10:49 UTC

Rocket

Angara 1.2

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2025-054

Launches in 2025

56th of 329

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