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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1. It is scheduled to be launched by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) from Unknown Pad, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation at 2025-12-25 14:00:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 0 out of 1679 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Earth Science and the payload will be injected into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite designed by TsSKB-Progress.

In 2012, the development of the Arkon-2M radar satellite was stopped and instead the development of the Obzor-R was initiated.

The satellite features the BRLK X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar as the imaging instrument with a ground resolution of 500 m.

• [2025-12-25 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1a | Obzor-R No.1 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation.
• [2025-12-25 23:18:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-26 06:26:00 UTC] 🟩 Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2025-12-26 16:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 3B/E | Fengyun-4C from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-27 03:58:00 UTC] 🟩 Ceres-2 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-28 02:08:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-3 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-12-28 13:18:05 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02 from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation.
• [2025-12-30 21:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Kinetica 2 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Tianlong-3 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.

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