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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02. It is scheduled to be launched by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation at 2025-12-28 13:18:05 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 19 out of 20 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).

A pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre 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.

50 small satellites will also be launched as ride-share payloads, including 3 from Iran.

• [2025-12-28 13:18:05 UTC] 🟩 Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | AIST-2T 01 & 02 from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation.
• [2025-12-29 02:09:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | CSG-3 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2025-12-30 04:04:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 4B | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-30 22:32:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Ceres-2 | Demo Flight from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2025-12-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-01-03 05:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-88 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-01-05 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-01-10 04:15:00 UTC] 🟨 PSLV-DL | EOS-N1 and others from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
• [2026-01-17 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Spectrum | Flight Two from Andøya Spaceport.

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