MOSCOW, December 21 The Soyuz-2.1b rocket, launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, successfully launched a satellite into the target orbit in the interests of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the military department reported.
«At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit and accepted for control by ground-based space forces of the Aerospace Forces. A stable telemetric connection was established and maintained with the spacecraft. The on-board systems of the spacecraft are functioning normally,» the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
It is noted that officers of the Main Center for Space Situation Intelligence of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces entered information about it into the Russian catalog of space objects.