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Progress MS-35 (96P)

Soyuz 2.1b, flown by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

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Soyuz 2.1b lifting off with the Progress MS-35 (96P) mission
Image via The Space Devs.

This is Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 6th launch of 2026, and its 344th in all.

Counting every operator, it is the 213th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the fourth from 31/6.

Launch time
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, 4:15 p.m. UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Rocket
Soyuz 2.1b
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The mission

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Type
Resupply
Destination
Low Earth orbit
Program
International Space Station

The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.

nasa.gov →

The rocket

Soyuz-2 is the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage.

The operator

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.

Sector
Government
Based in
Russia
Founded
1992
Run by
Yuri Borisov, Administrator

343 launches so far, 332 of them successful. The last 67 in a row went to plan.

en.roscosmos.ru → Wikipedia →

The launch site

It goes up from 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

See the pad on a map →

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