Another Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with a military satellite launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
The Russian Ministry of Defense is gradually building up a satellite constellation in Earth's orbit, another spacecraft in the interests of the military department was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. As a payload, the rocket will launch a spacecraft into orbit in the interests of the military, the name of the satellite and its purpose are not called. The launch proceeded normally.
On Monday, November 28, at 18:17, from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the Arkhangelsk Region, combat crews of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with a spacecraft (SC) in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense
- said in a statement.
The military made the previous launch of a satellite from Plesetsk on November 2, putting into orbit with the help of the Fregat upper stage another satellite of the Kupol unified space system, which is part of the Russian missile attack warning system (SPRN).
Recently, Russia has become significantly more active in the space industry, satellites for various purposes began to be launched into orbit with enviable constancy. Apart from the November launches mentioned above, last month the Kosmos-2561 and Kosmos-2562 and Kosmos-2560 spacecraft, as well as the Glonass-K navigation complex, were put into orbit. This is from Plesetsk. And three Gonets-M satellites and one Skif-D satellite for the Sfera group went into orbit from Vostochny.
According to the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, Russia should launch satellites into space every month, and not one or two a year.
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