Launched from the Plesetsk military satellite successfully went into orbit – On the eve

The rocket “Soyuz-2.1b” was successfully launched from the northern Russian cosmodrome on Tuesday. According to the Defense Ministry, the flight of the launch vehicle and spacecraft separation took place in the normal mode.

The Russian military satellite launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome using rocket “Soyuz-2.1b”, launched into its orbit and is under the control of operators. This was reported by a representative of the press service of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation Dmitry Zenin RVSN.

According to him, the satellite separated from the launch vehicle normally, with him established and maintained contact. All satellite systems are working properly. Sputnik assigned a serial number “Kosmos-2506″.

“The estimated time the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit at 21:25 MSK and adopted by management,” – said Zenin.

The launch of “Soyuz-2.1b” was originally scheduled for June 5, however, because of the accident of “progress” and the subsequent investigation, delayed.

This is the second launch, which the troops of the Military Space Defense held a This month, from Plesetsk. Previous launch took place on June 5 – the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1a” has successfully placed into orbit a military unit. This was the first successful launch after unsuccessful launches cargo spacecraft “Progress”, and rocket “Proton”.