Russian Space Forces Launch Soyuz-2.1b Rocket to Send Military Spacecraft Into Orbit
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Russian Space Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome carrying a spacecraft for the Russian Defense Ministry, the government office said. «On Monday, August 24, at 5:40 a.m. (Moscow time) [02:40 GMT], a combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with a spacecraft for the Russian Ministry of Defense from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region,» the statement says.The satellite, launched on Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz‑2.1b rocket, has been placed into orbit, the ministry added.»At the calculated time, the spacecraft was placed into the target orbit and taken under control by the ground-based facilities of the aerospace forces of the Russian aerospace forces,» the ministry said.
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