The rocket “Rokot” with the military satellite was launched from Plesetsk – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, September 24 – RIA Novosti. Light Rocket Booster “Rokot” with military satellites was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region, RIA Novosti reported the Press Service of the Defense Ministry, and information.

The general guidance rocket is launched zamglavkoma aerospace forces – commander of the Space Troops, Lieutenant-General Alexander Golovko.

“At the Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 01.00 MSK from a launcher platform number 3 №133 Plesetsk State Test Cosmodrome combat crews aerospace forces carried out successfully launch rocket easy class” Rokot “with power spacecraft for the benefit of the Ministry of Defense of Russia”, – said the spokesman of the Defense Ministry.

It is expected that ground-based Main Test Space Center named after Titov Space Forces take a rocket to the support in 01.02 MSK.

The launch vehicle of light class “Rokot” created Khrunichev Center under the conversion program on the basis of a release ezhkontinentalnoy weapons with ballistic missile RS-18. It consists of the accelerator in the transport and launch container comprising first and second stages and space payload consisting of the upper stage “Breeze-KM” fairing, transitional system, the intermediate compartment and the compartment of the payload.

The first launch of “Rokot” took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome May 16, 2000. Total for this period was conducted from the Baikonur launch twenty-three of the carrier.