A Soyuz 2.1b lifted off from Plesetsk carrying the second batch of 16 Rassvet satellites for Russia's Bureau 1440 broadband constellation, a low Earth orbit 'Russian Starlink' aiming to provide high-speed internet coverage across the country.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- PO
- Polar orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.9 T (est.)
- Flight
- 24th
- of 25 Soyuz 2.1b flights
- Date and time
- 19 July 2026, 17:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 2.1b
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-165
- Launches in 2026
- 172nd of 243
See it in orbit
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