Carried Russia's Kanopus-V No. 5 and No. 6 Earth-imaging satellites plus 26 secondary smallsat payloads to sun-synchronous orbit from Vostochny Cosmodrome, using a Fregat upper stage with two burns to reach final orbit. It was Russia's final orbital launch of 2018.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.7 T (est.)
- Flight
- 6th
- of 9 Soyuz STA Fregat flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 2018, 16:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz STA Fregat
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2018-106
- Launches in 2018
- 108th of 114
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