Photo: Vostochny Space Center

Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia. 17 deployers, produced by «Aerospace Capital», a Russian private company, have successfully separated 33 satellites in orbit.

The deployers were launched as a secondary payload on the «Aist-2T» №1 and №2 mission, carried out by «Roscosmos» State Corporation on the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with Fregat upper stage on 28th December, 2025 at 22:18 (16:18 Moscow time) from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Photo: Vostochny Space Center

During this launch, Aerospace Capital set a record: 17 deployers were installed within a single mission. Additionally, a record number of 16U format deployers – 9 in total – were launched.

Photo: Vostochny Space Center

The full list of deployed satellites:

• Four «Aerospace 16U» deployers each released an experimental satellite «Gryphon», which have been created at the «Novosibirsk State University» as part of the investment project of the JSC «TSIIMASH», for the remote sensing system based on small spacecraft.

Photo: Vostochny Space Center

• Another four «Aerospace 16U» deployers carried four scientific-educational 16U satellites, created within the «Space-π» project of «FASIE»: «Lobachevsky», «Scorpion», «Polytech Universe-6», and «Aist-ST».

In the photo on the left: Valeriнa Barashkova, Director of Marketing and Sales at Aerospace Capital, with students and participants of the «Space-π» project of the «FASIE» during the rocket rollout at Vostochny Cosmodrome on December 26, 2025. In the photo on the right: «Scorpion» 16U CubeSat, developed by the «D.V. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics» (INR MSU).

For the «SPUTNIX» group of companies (part of AFK «Sistema»), the following satellites were launched:

• In «Aerospace 12U» deployers 12U CubeSats to enlarge the «Zorky-2M» constellation were integrated. The SC are intended for optical multispectral orbital imaging of Earth with a resolution of 2.5 m per pixel. The satellites were manufactured under the first Russian leasing deal for satellite with the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK).

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• 3U CubeSat SC «SITRO-AIS» for tracking sea vessels, including over the Northern Sea Route. The SITRO-AIS constellation is a segment of the Russian satellite automatic identification system (AIS) of the SPUTNIX group of companies.

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• - 3U CubeSat SC «SITRO-TD» for testing satellite Internet of Things technology.

The following 2 SC were developed on the «SPUTNIX» platform (part of AFK «Sistema»):

• «QMR-KWT-2» 1U CubeSat satellite developed for «Orbital Space» from the UAE. The educational «QMR-KWT-2» satellite aims to strengten cooperation of Russia, the UAE, and Kuwait. The main goal is to provide amateur radio broadcasting and popularize space exploration in Arab countries.

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• «SAKHACUBE-CHOLBON» («Cholbon») 1U CubeSat – the first Yakut satellite, developed within a joint project with the Small Academy of Sciences of RS(Ya). The satellite is intended for education and research, as well as testing ground-based space infrastructure.

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These satellites have also successfully separated from deployers:

• «DCS-1» 3U CubeSat intended for education and research purposes. They will also be used to test Internet of Things technology.
• «NASBSat-1» 6U CubeSat for NAS of the Republic of Belarus, manufactured jointly with GIS to study ionospheric delays. The satellite is intended for near-Earth space probing and providing data on the ionosphere state over Belarus and neighboring territories. The target equipment on the satellite, produced by UE «Geoinformation Systems», is a transmitter of probing signals at 137 and 400 MHz frequencies. The data consumer is an energy sector enterprise of the Republic of Belarus.

• «LUCA-1» 1U CubeSat – Montenegro’s first satellite – for «Montenegro Space Research» Company. The satellite will be used for education and research purposes: studying Earth’s ionosphere, analyzing cosmic radiation levels and charged particles, as well as events to promote amateur radio broadcasting and space exploration.

Photo: LLC «Aerospace Capital»

For STC LLC, in Aerospace Capital integrated the 16U «CSTP-3.1» satellite and 4 3U CubeSat:

• «SM-3.1» and «ANSAT-1» 3U CubeSats for high-resolution optoelectronic observation, intended for ERS in the optical range.
• «SCH-619» and «VM-3.1» 3U CubeSats for radio-technical monitoring, aimed at assessing the current state of the electromagnetic field in a wide frequency band.

Photo: Vostochny Space Center

• The «Mule 4T» satellite by JSC «OKB5», a private space company, developed for MKS LLC. «Mule 4T» is intended for flight testing of components of the new-generation «Kleon» space platform for the «Gonets» space system, LeoLink SC, as well as flight testing of a new form factor and orbital delivery method for TriSat picosatellites - all developed by JSC «OKB5».

Of the four picosatellites, three are launched for private customers: «TriSat-2» («RUVDSSat1») for hosting provider «RUVDS», «TriSat-3» («QUbeSat1»), and «TriSat-4» for the company’s own interests to further develop the format.

Photo: JSC «OKB5»

The mission operator is «Roscosmos» State Corporation; «Glavkosmos JSC» (part of «Roscosmos» State Corporation) acts as the lead integrator for secondary payload launch operations and provides launch services.

We would like to thank the enterprises of the Russian space industry for the successful launch. We are also grateful to our customers for their trust and congratulate all participants of the Soyuz-2/Fregat «Aist-2T» №1 and №2 mission carried out on December 28, 2025!

Photo: LLC «Aerospace Capital» / Vostochny Space Center

Additional information:

LLC «Aerospace Capital» — a private Russian company-developer of separation systems for integrating, launching, and separating microsatellites into orbit. Since 2021, using 52 Aerospace deployers, 170 CubeSat-format satellites have been successfully separated in orbit.

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