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Roscosmos reaffirms plans to test-launch advanced Soyuz-5 rocket in December

Russian Aviaton » Friday August 22, 2025 19:07 MSK

Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos adheres to its plans to conduct the first test-launch of an advanced Soyuz-5 carrier rocket in December, Roscosmos Head Dmitry Bakanov said on Friday.

"Yes, we have plans for December, everything remains in force," the Roscosmos chief said, responding to a question from TASS about the Russian space agency’s plans for the first test-launch.

The Soyuz-5 is an advanced Russian medium-class carrier rocket with increased lifting capacity, which is being developed under the Russian-Kazakh Baiterek project to deliver automatic spacecraft to near-Earth orbits. The first launch is scheduled for the end of December 2025. The new rocket is set to become fully operational in 2028.

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