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Planned Russian space missions in 2026

 

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March: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-33 (No. 463) from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS.


First quarter: Russia to introduce the Start-1M launcher (INSIDER CONTENT) converted from the Topol-M ICBM. (As of 2024)


July: A Soyuz-2-1a rocket to launch Soyuz MS-29 crew vehicle from Baikonur carrying three members of Expedition 75 to the International Space Station, ISS. On Aug. 21, 2024, Roskosmos announced that Russian cosmonauts Petr Dubrov, Sergei Korsakov and Anna Kikina had been appointed to the Soyuz MS-29 crew.


July: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-34 (No. 464) from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS.


November: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-35 (No. 465) from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS.


2026: A Soyuz-2/Fregat rocket to launch the first batch of 15 operational Buro 1440 Internet satellites (INSIDER CONTENT). (As of 2024)


2026: A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket to launch the first pair of operational Skif Internet satellites (INSIDER CONTENT) into a 8,070-kilometer polar orbit from Vostochny. (As of 2023)


2026: A Proton-M rocket to launch the Ekspress-AMU4 communications satellite (INSIDER CONTENT) from Baikonur for Russian federal operator GPKS. (As of 2022)


2026: A Soyuz-2-1b rocket to launch the first Resurs-PM satellite. (As of 2024, the launch was postponed from 2025 to 2026.)


2026: Russia to launch Yamal-501 satellite for Gazprom-SPKA. (As of 2023)


2026: The first launch of the Soyuz-5 rocket from the Baiterek facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (As of 2024. As of 2023, the launch was promised on Dec. 24, 2025)


2026: A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket to launch the first Ekspress-RV communications satellite (INSIDER CONTENT) from Plesetsk. (As of 2024)

 

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This page is compiled by Anatoly Zak

Last update: October 9, 2024

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Resurs-PM

Resurs-PM satellite as depicted in 2017. Credit: RKTs Progress


Meteor-MP

A Meteor-MP remote-sensing satellite. Credit: VNIIEM