FSI Russia put into orbit and took control of the spacecraft in the military – Kommersant

Air-Space Forces (VKS) carried Russian launch rocket “Proton-M” with the military spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and after removal of the satellite in orbit took it to management. “With the spacecraft established and maintained a stable telemetry. The onboard systems of the spacecraft are functioning normally. After launching into orbit the spacecraft assigned a serial number “Kosmos-2513″ “- leads Tass by the representative of the Russian Defence Ministry.

The rocket” Proton-M “was launched on December 13 at 3 h 19 min. By Moscow time. Start the machine and removing the calculated orbit passed in a regular mode. The estimated time of ground-based test of the Main Space Center named after Titov Space Forces took videoconferencing management spacecraft. The center will manage them during the operation.

As reported by “Kommersant”, the launch rocket “Proton-M” spacecraft “Kosmos” series from the Baikonur Cosmodrome moved from 10 to December 13.

Earlier “Kommersant” has learned that an emergency situation, which arose during the second launch in the history of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1V” actually led to the loss of the latest satellite remote sensing “Canopus-ST”. According to preliminary information, the spacecraft could not be separated from the upper stage, so that the whole bunch began to move on the wrong path. A few days later the satellite with which it would be possible to detect foreign submarines at depth, enter the dense layers of the atmosphere, where destroyed and burned.

For more information about the situation with ” Canopus-CT “, see the article” b “” satellite dual-use does not comply with any ».