< strong>MOSCOW, February 9The Soyuz-2.1v rocket, launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on Friday, successfully launched a satellite into the target orbit in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the military department reported.
«At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit and accepted for control by ground-based assets of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces. Stable telemetric communication was established and maintained with the spacecraft, its on-board systems are functioning normally,» the release says.
Officers of the Main Center for Space Situation Intelligence of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces entered information about the device into the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System.
Details about the satellite are not provided.