In Q3 2025, Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) plans to launch 17 commercially produced small Russian-made CubeSat satellites for domestic customers. As part of this mission, one small spacecraft will be launched for a foreign client.
17 commercial small CubeSat satellites manufactured in Russia will be launched from specialized launch containers for Russian customers. Another small spacecraft (SC) will be launched for a foreign customer. The launch of secondary payloads is scheduled for Q3 2025 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
The plan is to put two 3U cubesats from Geoscan into orbit with the Gonets payload. The "Geoscan-4" and "Geoscan-5" satellites are designed to test packet data transmission technologies, which are widely used in remote monitoring systems, personal communications, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Also, as part of the launch, the "InnoSat-16" satellite in the 16U cubesat format will be launched, designed to test technologies for the future remote sensing of Earth (RSE) group of "Geoscan". This device has already been successfully integrated with the 16U launch container of Aerospace Capital and is being prepared for shipment to the Vostochny Cosmodrome. This will be the first Russian satellite of this size and the first 16U container to be put into orbit.
Earlier, www1.ru reported that spacecraft production lines were launched in Russia.
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