Earth orbit
Bion-M No. 2
Bion-M No. 2 is catalogued by GCAT as a space biology mission in the Bion program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
View in 3D map ↗The mission
Bion-M No. 2 is catalogued by GCAT as a space biology mission in the Bion program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2025-181; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 20 August 2025, 17:13:10 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-2-1B
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-2 rocket was set to launch the Bion-M no. 2 mission on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-2
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2025-181
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Pending
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Aug 20, 2025, 17:13 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Aug 20 2025
- Pad and location
- LC-31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 19 September 2025
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Bion-M No. 2
GCAT program: Bion.
- GCAT ID
- S65265
- Manufacturer
- Zavod GNPTKTs TsSKB-Progress
- Launch mass
- 2,500 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.5 m long · 2.4 m diameter · 6.5 m span
Gallery
0 images from Bion-M No. 2.
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