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. Also onboard is the Skif-D demonstration satellite for the planned Russian Sfera LEO communication satellite constellation.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M · Provider: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)