Launched the Meridian-M No.21L dual-use communications satellite from Plesetsk into a highly elliptical Molniya orbit, providing military and civilian communications coverage for ships, aircraft and stations across Russia's Arctic and far northern regions.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 20th
- of 20 Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M flights
- Date and time
- 3 April 2026, 06:28 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-071
- Launches in 2026
- 76th of 243
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