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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.


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-2-1b/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/Briz-M rocket to launch the Ekspress-AMU4 communications satellite from Baikonur for Russian federal operator GPKS. (As of 2022)


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


2026: Russia to introduce the Start-1M launcher converted from the Topol-M ICBM. (As of 2024)


 

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This page is compiled by Anatoly Zak

Last update: August 23, 2024

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


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