The payload for the Soyuz-2-1v launch is a small reconnaissance satellite developed by VNIIEM and known by the acronym EMKA ("Experimental Small Space Apparatus"). Launch was originally scheduled for October and then slipped to November, December and eventually January due to technical problems with the payload.

Mission type: Government/Top Secret · Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Rocket: Soyuz · Provider: Russian Space Forces