Obzor-R No.1

Name: Obzor-R No.1
Start: 2025-12-25T14:11:00.000Z
End: 2025-12-25T15:00:00.000Z
Location: 43/4 (43R)

Soyuz 2.1a, Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Launch time

T-0

Thu 25 Dec, 15:11 CET

14:11 UTC

Minute precision Launch successful

The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.

Window opens: Thu 25 Dec, 15:00 CET
Window closes: Thu 25 Dec, 16:00 CET

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Launch record updated by LL2 Fri 26 Dec 2025, 16:54 CET

Feed checked 11 Oct, 03:42 CEST

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Mission

Obzor-R No.1 on Soyuz 2.1a. Thu 25 Dec 2025, 14:11 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: 43/4 (43R). Source: Launch Library 2.

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.

Mission type: Earth Science
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:18 UTC.

Source updates from Launch Library 2 (14)

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Thu 25 Dec 2025, 20:01 UTCLL2 update
Launch success.
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Thu 25 Dec 2025, 14:37 UTCLL2 update
Liftoff.
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Wed 24 Dec 2025, 17:42 UTCLL2 update
Tweaked T-0.
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Wed 24 Dec 2025, 15:39 UTCLL2 update
Apparently scrubbed for the day due to launch site strong winds; next attempt tomorrow.
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Fri 19 Dec 2025, 21:14 UTCLL2 update
NET December 24.
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Mon 15 Dec 2025, 16:14 UTCLL2 update
Rescheduled for NET December 23 per NOTAMs.
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Tue 9 Dec 2025, 23:29 UTCLL2 update
Reverted back to NET 2025 TBD with cancellation of NOTAMs and marine navigation warnings.
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Thu 4 Dec 2025, 22:11 UTCLL2 update
NET December 11 per NOTAMs; Assignment of payloads to this launch is uncertain.
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Thu 6 Mar 2025, 06:50 UTCLL2 update
NET summer-fall 2025.
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Thu 24 Oct 2024, 12:21 UTCLL2 update
NET Q1 2025.
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Sat 24 Aug 2024, 12:35 UTCLL2 update
NET Q4 2024.
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Tue 23 Jan 2024, 23:42 UTCLL2 update
NET Q2 2024.
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Wed 8 Nov 2023, 16:30 UTCLL2 update
NET Q1 2024.
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Sun 26 Mar 2023, 07:53 UTCLL2 update
NET Late 2023.
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Launch pad

43/4 (43R)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation (RU)

Coordinates: 62.92883, 40.457098

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