"The operational crew of the aerospace forces' space forces conducted a test launch of the Angara-A5 heavy-class carrier rocket with a mass-size evaluation payload model," the ministry said in a statement.
The rocket was launched at 08:50 Moscow time (05:50) from the Plesetsk spaceport, the ministry specified.
All pre-launch operations and the launch itself were conducted regularly, the Russian Ministry of Defence went on to say, adding that ground units of the aerospace forces were monitoring the flight.
