Soyuz 2.1b • Aist-2T 1–2 & Sfera 1–2

Soyuz 2.1b • Aist-2T 1–2 & Sfera 1–2

A Roscosmos Soyuz 2.1a rocket will launch two Aist-2T Earth observation satellites (designated Aist-2T №11L and Aist-2T №12L) into orbit. Additionally on board are the first two satellites of the Sfera constellation, Marafon-D №12L and Marafon-D №13L. Other payloads are Aist-ST №11L, Vladivostok 2, four Griffons, CubeSX-HSE 5, Zorky-2M 3, Zorky-2M 5, Zorky-2M 7, Leonov (FGTU 1, MGOTU 1), Lobachevsky, ODR 1 (ODRSat 1 KRENKEL), SamSat-ORION (SamSat Mayak), Scorpio (MSU Sozvezdie-270 program), Khors No. 5, Yarilo No. 5, Polytech Universe 6, SITRO-AIS 57–65, SITRO-TD 3–4, Sputnix (Cholbon, 2x 1U, 6U, 12U CubeSat), STC (8U CubeSat, 16U CubeSat), TELUM-LEO-1E 1, TELUM-LEO-1E 2, Kowsar 1.5, KAI 2, MIET-SatLAB, Luča, QMR-KWT 2, Mule 4T and RUVDSSat1. Among the 20 rideshare payloads are the Iranian Paya, Zafar 2 and Toloo 3 satellites. The mission was switched from Angara 1.2 to Soyuz. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz 2.1b configuration with a Fregat-M upper stage. - Aist-2T is a series of Russian earth observation microsatellites developed by TsSKB-Progress for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, with maximum resolution of 1.2 m in panchromatic mode and a swath width of 32 km. - The Russian Marafon-D satellites were built by ISS Reshetnev to test the technologies for the operational Marafon constellation, which will be a low earth orbit constellation for internet of things (IoT) communications, and is part of the Sfera program. Sfera is a planned Russian constellation consisting of at least 162 satellites, which would include communication satellites Ekspress and Ekspress-RV in geostationary and high elliptical orbits, Skif satellites for broadband Internet access and Marafon satellites. In addition, the group will include Yamal communication satellites, Smotr remote sensing satellites and Berkut observation satellites. - Delayed from Q4 2022, Q4 2023, December 2024, June 26, July 31, late August and Oct. 20.

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