Overview
- Roscosmos reported that the Fregat upper stage deployed two Aist-2T spacecraft and a total of 52 payloads to their target orbits after the December 28 liftoff from Vostochny.
- Rescuers in Yakutia located a separated rocket fragment in Vilyuysky District, and teams from Moscow, Khabarovsk and Yakutsk began radiation sampling with further recovery work planned in spring.
- The rideshare included university and educational satellites such as Scorpion, a 16U cubesat for space radiation and astrophysics research, along with student-built missions.
- GTLK confirmed that Zorkiy-2M Earth‑observation satellites flew under Russia’s first space‑leasing deal, produced by Sputniks with multispectral imaging and ship‑tracking payloads.
- Roscosmos said the manifest also carried satellites from partner organizations in Iran, Belarus and Ecuador, alongside additional domestic Earth‑imaging and technology demonstrators.