MOSCOW, Oct. 27 Russian The military launched the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with satellites, the Ministry of Defense reported.
“»From the Plesetsk cosmodrome <…> the combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces launched the Soyuz-2 medium-class launch vehicle 2.1b» with spacecraft,» the department said.
This is not the first launch in the interests of the Ministry of Defense this year. Thus, on August 7, the ministry announced the launch of a similar ship from Plesetsk with a spacecraft on board.
Earlier this week, the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from this cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region at the Kura test site in Kamchatka as part of the exercises of the strategic deterrent forces.