Carried 16 Rassvet-3 satellites into orbit from Plesetsk for Bureau 1440's planned low-orbit broadband internet megaconstellation, a Russian counterpart to Starlink; the launch was conducted without prior public announcement.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3.6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 23rd
- of 25 Soyuz 2.1b flights
- Date and time
- 23 March 2026, 17:24 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-061
- Launches in 2026
- 65th of 243
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