Obzor-R n°1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:11:00

Thursday December 25, 2025

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Assignment of payloads to this launch is uncertain.

Obzor-R n°1

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Soyuz 2.1a

Active Since 2004

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$17.42 million

Rocket

Height: 51.38m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,500 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,550 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.11m

Height: 15.59m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

General Trajectory

Launching

North

Site 43/4

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

37 hr 53 min

Stats

Soyuz 2.1a


87th

Mission

6th

Mission of 2025

2025


318th

Orbital launch attempt