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Elektro-L No.4 | Proton-M/Blok DM-03
Roscosmos is launching the Elektro-L No.4 satellite to Geosynchronous Earth Orbit, on board a Proton-M rocket with a Blok DM-03 upper stage.
Glonass-M No. 61 (Kosmos 2564) | Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Russia was expected to launch Glonass-M No.61, to medium Earth orbit. a successful launch, the payload was re-designated Kosmos 2564.
EKS 6 (Tundra 6) | Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
ROSCOSMOS launched the EKS 6 (Tundra 6), an early-warning satellite, for the Russian Ministry of Defense atop a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat rocket.
EKS 6 (Tundra 6) | Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
ROSCOSMOS will launch the EKS 6 (Tundra 6), an early-warning satellite, for the Russian Ministry of Defense atop a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat rocket.
Progress MS-21 (82P) | Soyuz 2.1a
ROSCOSMOS successfully launched their Progress MS atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket to the ISS on the Progress MS-21 (82P) cargo resupply mission.
Kosmos 2561 & Kosmos 2562 | Soyuz 2.1v/Volga
Russia successfully launched the Kosmos 2561 & Kosmos 2562 military satellites into a Sun-synchronous orbit atop a Soyuz 2.1v rocket.
Progress MS-21 (82P) | Soyuz 2.1a
ROSCOSMOS will be launching their Progress MS atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket to the ISS on the Progress MS-21 (82P) cargo resupply mission.
EMKA-3 (Kosmos 2560)| Angara 1.2
Russia is launching a small military satellite, known as EMKA-3, to a Sun-Synchronous Orbit onboard the second orbital launch of an Angara 1.2 rocket.
Gonets-M33, Gonets-M34, Gonets-M35 & Skif-D | Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Roscosmos is launching several Goniets-M communications satellites to a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) along with a Skif-D satellite to a Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), on a Soyuz 2.1b rocket featuring the optional Fregat-M final stage. It will launch from Vostochny Cosmodrome, in Far East Russia.
This particular Soyuz rocket is using a relatively new fuel type on all of its booster stages. Instead of the conventional RP-1 kerosene-based fuel, it will use "naphthyl", also known as RG-1. This is a move that is currently only planned for launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Glonass-K1 No. 17 | Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
Russia is launching one of its GLONASS global positioning satellites to medium Earth orbit. It's going up on a Soyuz 2.1b rocket, from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, in the Archangel region of North West Russia. Soyuz has been the workhorse of the Soviet/Russian space program. The first launch of the Soyuz 2-1a version on November 8, 2004 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome represented a major step in the Soyuz launch vehicle’s development program. Fregat is the upper (4th) stage of Soyuz 2.1, and it first flew in the year 2000.