Soyuz-2.1b with a Volga upper stage launched a classified Russian military payload from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome; Western tracking catalogued roughly nine to ten objects deployed across two orbital planes, all under undisclosed Kosmos designations.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6 T (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- Only Soyuz 2.1b Volga flight
- Date and time
- 16 April 2026, 23:17 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b Volga
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2026-083
- Launches in 2026
- 88th of 243
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