Gonets-M27, Gonets-M28, Gonets-M29 & others Mission

Launch Service Provider

Russian Space Forces

Vehicle

Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with monitoring ecological and industrial objects, providing communication and data transmission services, covering also the remote areas like the Far North region. This launch also carries 22 small satellites as a rideshare payloads. These are cubesats for commercial companies such as Spire and Kepler Communications, as well as cubesats for various international universities.