Soyuz-2-1b

Russia quietly puts up to nine secret satellites into orbit

Apr 20, 2026

Russia launched a classified Soyuz-2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome in the early hours of April 17, 2026, deploying what tracking data now...

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