Russia launches classified military payload
Russia today successfully launched a classified military payload comprising “multiple military spacecraft”, its Angara-1 rocket lifting off from its Plesetsk spaceport in northeast Russia.
This was Russia’s second launch in two days, something it rarely does any longer. It was also the fifth launch of this version of Russia’s new family of Angara rockets, using a modular design that can be configured for different size payloads. Launched into a polar orbit, the lower stages crashed in the ocean in the Arctic and Pacific.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
101 SpaceX
47 China
11 Rocket Lab
11 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 101 to 82.
Russia today successfully launched a classified military payload comprising “multiple military spacecraft”, its Angara-1 rocket lifting off from its Plesetsk spaceport in northeast Russia.
This was Russia’s second launch in two days, something it rarely does any longer. It was also the fifth launch of this version of Russia’s new family of Angara rockets, using a modular design that can be configured for different size payloads. Launched into a polar orbit, the lower stages crashed in the ocean in the Arctic and Pacific.
The leaders in the 2025 launch race:
101 SpaceX
47 China
11 Rocket Lab
11 Russia
SpaceX still leads the rest of the world in successful launches, 101 to 82.