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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 18 (Kosmos 2595) & Kosmos 2596
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Glonass-K1 No. 18 (Kosmos 2595) & Kosmos 2596

LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL

> MISSION DATA

DATESaturday, September 13, 2025
TIME02:10 AM UTC
PROVIDERRussian Space Forces
ROCKETSoyuz 2.1b Fregat
PAD43/3 (43L)
LOCATIONPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
ORBITMedium Earth Orbit

> MISSION BRIEFING // NAVIGATION

Glonass-K1 are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable to the similar GPS and Galileo systems. This generation improves on accuracy, power consumption and design life. Each satellite is unpressurized and weighs 935 kg, and has an operational lifetime of 10 years. This launch also carries Mozhayets-6 (Kosmos 2596), a small experimental satellite built by the Mozhaiskiy Military Space Academy of St. Petersburg.

> SCHEDULE & SOURCE

Source-reported status: Launch Successful. The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch window: 2025-09-13 02:10:00 UTC — 2025-09-13 03:30:00 UTC.

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