Launches / Angara A5/Briz-M
Angara A5/Briz-M, flown by Russian Space Forces
This was Russian Space Forces' 5th launch of 2025, and its 149th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 135th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the second from 35/1.
Unidentified payload for the Russian military. Kosmos 2590 was separated from Kosmos 2589 after launch.
Angara A5/Briz-M is an Angara A5 with an Briz-M upper stage previously used on the Proton launch vehicle.
3 flights, 3 of them successful.
Russian Space Forces
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
157 launches so far, 149 of them successful. The last 69 in a row went to plan.
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