2023-10-27 08:38:26
A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with satellites was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region in the interests of the Ministry of Defense. About it reported in the press service of the military department.
“On October 27, 2023, from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region), the combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces launched the Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense,” the message said.
At the beginning of August, the Ministry of Defense also reported that on August 7, a military satellite was launched from a cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region using a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle, and on the same day it was successfully launched into orbit.
On March 23, the Russian Aerospace Forces also launched a Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome with a spacecraft in the interests of the Ministry of Defense. In total, from November 8, 2004 to May 27, 2023, 61 launches of Soyuz-2.1a rockets were carried out, including one suborbital. It is noted that 254 spacecraft were launched into orbit.
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