launching fromRussia

Ekspress-RV1

Name: Ekspress-RV1
Start: 2026-12-31 23:59:59
Location: Plesetsk

Planned 2026 Q4

First satellite of the Ekspress-RV constellation. Ekspress-RV will cover Russia's Far North, which is inaccessible to the main Ekspress constellation in geosynchronous orbit.

PLANNED

2026 Q4

planned, exact time pending

Upcoming

launching fromPlesetsk

aboardSoyuz 2.1b / Fregat-MintoHEO

Payload

Ekspress-RV1

Communications