As of January 30, 2023, RCC Progress planned the Resurs-P No. 4 launch for summer 2023 and reported that Resurs-P No. 4 had passed control tests in the assembly shop.
The Resurs-P No. 4 spacecraft and the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle were manufactured by the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC Progress / TsSKB-Progress).
On March 26, 2024, preparations began at Baikonur for the launch complex to receive the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying Resurs-P No. 4.
On March 29, 2024, the Soyuz-2.1b launcher with the Resurs-P No. 4 satellite was rolled out to Baikonur Cosmodrome launch complex 31 and installed in a vertical position for launch preparations.
As of February 24, 2019, the launch of Resurs-P No. 4 was planned for November 2019.
As of February 24, 2019, an updated schedule placed the launch of Resurs-P No. 4 in November 2020.
As of February 23, 2020, one published timeline presented a pessimistic launch date for Resurs-P No. 4 in November 2021 and an optimistic supply of high-speed radio equipment in the first quarter of 2021.
As of September 19, 2023, an updated schedule targeted the middle two weeks of November 2023 for the Resurs-P No. 4 launch from Baikonur.
As of November 23, 2023, official sources moved the Resurs-P No. 4 launch targeting to early 2024.
Roscosmos described Resurs-P No. 4 as designed for highly detailed, wide-area and hyperspectral optical-electronic observation of the Earth's surface for studying natural resources, monitoring pollution and environmental degradation, searching for mineral deposits, assessing ice conditions, monitoring emergency situations, and creating and updating topographic and navigation maps.
The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle carrying Resurs-P No. 4 was planned to launch from Baikonur launch complex 31 on March 31, 2024 at 12:36:45 Moscow time.
As of March 27, 2024, an informational notice listed the Soyuz-2-1b vehicle as vehicle number 067 with a start mass of 313 tonnes, length 46.3 meters, diameter 2.9 meters, and referenced a Fregat upper stage number 122-05 for the Resurs-P No. 4 mission.