3 x Rodnik (Kosmos 2597, 2598, 2599)

Carried classified satellites for the Russian Ministry of Defense to low Earth orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome; the payloads were not publicly identified. Seventh flight of the light-class Angara 1.2 and its third of 2025.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

660 kg

Flight

6th

of 7 Angara 1.2 flights

Date and time

25 November 2025, 13:42 UTC

Rocket

Angara 1.2

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

35/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2025-273

Launches in 2025

285th of 329

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