MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Zenit-2SB, a Russian-Ukrainian medium-lift two-stage rocket, was being jointly produced at the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnepropetrovsk. The joint production of these rockets is currently suspended.
10 December 2015, 02:24 GMT
"The Zenit carrier rocket was launched at an estimated time — 16:45 Moscow time [13:45 GMT]. The order on the Elektro–L2 separation from an upper-stage rocket is expected to be given at 01.43 a.m. [10:43 GMT] Moscow time December 12," the spokesperson told RIA Novosti.
The Elektro–L2 space laboratory provides meteorological services for a regional and global weather forecast, as well as a climate change monitoring.
