The block with the satellite “Glonass-M” cleanly separated from the rocket “Soyuz-2.1b” – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 7 -. RIA Novosti Block removal “Frigate” with a navigation satellite “GLONASS-M” cleanly separated from the third stage of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1b”, which started on Sunday from Plesetsk, RIA Novosti reported the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

This is the first launch of the launch vehicle (LV) “Soyuz-2.1b” from Plesetsk in 2016.

” space rocket warhead middle class “Soyuz-2.1b” as part of the upper stage “Fregat” and the spacecraft “Glonass-M” at the estimated time – 31 minutes 3:00 MSK cleanly separated from the third stage of the rocket, “- said in the message.

Removing spacecraft will take a few hours, the calculated orbit.