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Russia Reports Space Forces Tracked Over 1,300 Rocket Launches in 2025

The Defense Ministry released the metrics for Space Forces Day, stressing close watch on foreign orbital systems.

Overview

  • Specialists conducted more than 60,000 tasks to monitor changes in the space environment, according to the ministry.
  • Over 3,200 space objects were detected and accepted for tracking, with deployment oversight for more than 3,000 spacecraft.
  • Forecasting and control covered the end-of-life phase for upwards of 1,300 objects, and officials say no collisions affected Russian satellites.
  • The Main Test Space Center supported 15 launches from Plesetsk, Vostochny and Baikonur, placing over 40 spacecraft into orbit.
  • Plesetsk carried out seven launches with 16 military satellites, and ground controllers logged more than 370,000 sessions with Russia’s orbital fleet.