MOSCOW, December 21The Russian Aerospace Forces launched the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome , which will launch a satellite into orbit in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the military department reported.
«On Thursday, December 21, at 11:48 a.m., from the state test cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region, combat crews of the space forces of the Aerospace Forces launched the Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with spacecraft (SC) in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense,» the message says.