MOSCOW, Aug. 7 A satellite launched in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Monday was launched into orbit, a Russian source told reporters. military department.
“At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit by the Fregat upper stage and accepted for control of ground-based facilities of the space forces of the Aerospace Forces,” the Russian Defense Ministry noted.
At the moment, a stable telemetry connection is maintained with the spacecraft. «The spacecraft's on-board systems are functioning normally. The spacecraft has been assigned the serial number Cosmos-2569,» the department said.
They specified that the launch of the Soyuz-2. After launch, the rocket was taken for escort by means of the ground-based automated control complex of the Main Test Space Center named after German Titov. .