Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-MCosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
AIST-2T 01 & 02
Launched
December 28, 2025 · 13:18 UTC
Image: Roscosmos
Summary
AIST-2T 01 & 02 launched on a Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation on December 28, 2025 at 13:18 UTC. It was Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 338th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 7,171st orbital launch attempt. It was the 34th Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Marafon No. 1, one of 54 catalogued objects, from January 6, 2026, was 449 × 867 km inclined 97.5°. 54 objects from this launch are catalogued, 52 of them payloads.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 34th Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M flight · 4th this yearRussian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 338th launch9th this yearhumanity's 7,171st orbital launch attempt322nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Marafon No. 1 · NORAD 67249 · 2025-313 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 54 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-313B
- Epoch
- 2026-01-06 21:57:11 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.73121151 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.02976568
- Inclination
- 97.5328°
- Ascending node
- 83.7499°
- Arg. of perigee
- 139.1132°
- Mean anomaly
- 223.2825°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 138
- B*
- 0.00040925977
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
54 catalogued: 52 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris; 50 still in orbit
- Marafon No. 1 · NORAD 67249 · in orbit
- Marafon No. 2 GMM? · NORAD 67251 · in orbit
- Zorkiy-2M VPE · NORAD 67252 · in orbit
- Aist-2T No. 1 · NORAD 67253 · in orbit
- Aist-2T No. 2 · NORAD 67254 · in orbit
- Paya · NORAD 67255 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-57 · NORAD 67256 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-59 · NORAD 67257 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-58 · NORAD 67258 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-60 · NORAD 67260 · in orbit
- DCS-1 · NORAD 67263 · in orbit
- Kowsar-1.5 · NORAD 67264 · in orbit
Show 40 more payloads
- SITRO-TD-4 · NORAD 67265 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-65 · NORAD 67266 · in orbit
- Zorkiy-2M No. 7 · NORAD 67268 · in orbit
- SITRO-TD-3 · NORAD 67270 · in orbit
- UTE-Galapagos · NORAD 67279 · in orbit
- Khors No. 5 · NORAD 67283 · in orbit
- Lobachevskiy · NORAD 67284 · in orbit
- NASBSat-2 · NORAD 67285 · in orbit
- Mule-4T · NORAD 67286 · in orbit
- Luca · NORAD 67287 · in orbit
- NASBSat-1 · NORAD 67289 · in orbit
- SakhaCube-Cholbon · NORAD 67290 · in orbit
- QMR-KWT-2 · NORAD 67291 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-64 · NORAD 67292 · in orbit
- Skorpion · NORAD 67293 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-63 · NORAD 67294 · in orbit
- Zorkiy-2M No. 5 · NORAD 67295 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-62 · NORAD 67296 · in orbit
- SITRO-AIS-61 · NORAD 67297 · in orbit
- TriSat-2 · NORAD 67298 · re-entered August 20, 2026
- Trisat-3 · NORAD 67299 · re-entered August 11, 2026
- Trisat-4 · NORAD 67482 · re-entered August 21, 2026
- Trisat-1 · NORAD 67755 · re-entered August 12, 2026
- CSTP-3.10 · in orbit
- SM-3.1 · in orbit
- Ansat-1 · in orbit
- Grifon-1 · in orbit
- Grifon-2 · in orbit
- SCH-619 · in orbit
- Polytech-Univers-6 · in orbit
- VM-3.1 · in orbit
- Mokha-1 · in orbit
- Vladivostok-2 · in orbit
- Argus-312 · in orbit
- Grifon-4 · in orbit
- MorSat-1 · in orbit
- Zafar-2 · in orbit
- Aist-ST · in orbit
- Grifon-3 · in orbit
- Yeya-2 · in orbit
Fregat No. 142-602 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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. 50 small satellites will also be launched as ride-share payloads, including 3 from Iran.
Pad
Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
20th launch from Cosmodrome Site 1S, 2nd this year · 21st from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 28, 10:18 PM GMT+9, at night
20 launches from this pad · 21 from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation
156 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/28/2025 · source
Official Webcast by Роскосмос ТВ has started
LL2 · 12/28/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/18/2025 · source
Added tentative launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2025 · source
Reverted to NET December 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/8/2025 · source
Reverted to NET early 2026.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/10/2025 · source
NET December 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/9/2025 · source
NET February 2026.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/1/2025 · source
NET December 10.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/12/2025 · source
Questions
When did AIST-2T 01 & 02 launch?
AIST-2T 01 & 02 launched on December 28, 2025 at 13:18 UTC.
Where can I watch AIST-2T 01 & 02?
Coverage: Трансляция запуска космических аппаратов «Аист-2Т» с космодрома Восточный. Watch the replay
What rocket launched AIST-2T 01 & 02?
Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M, flown by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS). Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M spec sheet
Where did AIST-2T 01 & 02 launch from?
Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation. Liftoff was Dec 28, 10:18 PM GMT+9 local time at the pad.
What orbit did AIST-2T 01 & 02 reach?
The tracked orbit of Marafon No. 1, one of 54 catalogued objects, from January 6, 2026, was 449 × 867 km inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did AIST-2T 01 & 02 launch?
52 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 48 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).