AIST-2T 01 & 02

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:18:05

Sunday December 28, 2025

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AIST-2T 01 & 02

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

2 Payloads

Ride-share Payloads

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

50 Payloads

Rocket

Active
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M

Active Since 2011

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$25.00 million

Rocket

Height: 46.94m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,500 kg

GTO: 3,250 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,550 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.11m

Height: 11.43m

Stages

4

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

General Trajectory

Launching

North

Site 1S

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

24 days 22 hours

Stats

Soyuz 2.1b


99th

Mission

6th

Mission of 2025

2025


321st

Orbital launch attempt