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Russian Space Forces Launch Soyuz-2.1b Rocket to Send Military Spacecraft to Orbit
Russian Space Forces Launch Soyuz-2.1b Rocket to Send Military Spacecraft to Orbit
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The Russian Space Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome carrying a spacecraft for the Russian Defense Ministry, the ministry said.
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"On Monday, August 24, at 5:40 a.m. (Moscow time) [02:40 GMT], a combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with a spacecraft for the Russian Ministry of Defense from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region," the statement says.The satellite, launched on Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz‑2.1b rocket, has been placed into orbit, the ministry added.
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Russian Space Forces Launch Soyuz-2.1b Rocket to Send Military Spacecraft to Orbit
07:41 GMT 24.08.2026 (Updated: 08:15 GMT 24.08.2026) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Space Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome carrying a spacecraft for the Russian Defense Ministry, the ministry said.
"On Monday, August 24, at 5:40 a.m. (Moscow time) [02:40 GMT], a combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with a spacecraft for the Russian Ministry of Defense from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region," the statement says. The satellite, launched on Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz‑2.1b rocket, has been placed into orbit, the ministry added.
"At the calculated time, the spacecraft was placed into the target orbit and taken under control by the ground-based facilities of the aerospace forces of the Russian aerospace forces," the ministry said.
