Was launched from Plesetsk rocket “Soyuz-2.1b” the Defense Ministry with the satellite – RBC

The Russian military satellite was successfully launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome using the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1b” reports TASS referring to the representative of the Ministry of Defense to the troops Aerospace Defense Dmitry Zenin.

According to him, , a spacecraft launched into the calculated orbit. “The separation took place in a normal mode,” – he said.

The launch of “Soyuz-2.1b” originally scheduled for June 5, but was postponed due to the investigation of the accident “Progress».

This is the second launch, which the troops of the Military Space Defense held this month from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. Previous launch took place 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 rockets «Proton».