According to information agencies, the air-space forces of the Russian Federation held a launch of the “Soyuz-2.1b” launch vehicle with a military apparatus from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, reported on Thursday in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia.
“on Thursday, November 25, in 04 hours 09 minutes MSK from launcheling No. 4 platforms No. 43 of the State Testing Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk) In the Arkhangelsk Region, the combat exercise of the Space Forces of Aerocosmic Forces was successfully implemented Middle-class missiles “Soyuz-2.1b” with a spacecraft in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, “the report says.
According to the military department, all pre-commission operations and the start of the rocket passed in normal mode. The means of a terrestrial automated control complex carried out control of the start and flight “Union-2.1b”.
Updated at 04:24 Moscow time
“Space head part of the medium-class rocket” Soyuz-2.1b “as part of an accelerated block” frigate “and a spacecraft launched in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, at the expense time – 04 hours 18 minutes MSK – ordered From the third stage of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier missile, “the message says.
In the military department, noted that the output of the spacecraft at the calculated orbit by the Overclocking unit “Frigate” will take several hours.