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“At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit by the Fregat upper stage and accepted for control of ground-based facilities of the space forces of the Aerospace Forces,” the ministry said in a statement.
The press service added that the launch of the device into the estimated orbit took place in the normal mode. The satellite was named Kosmos-2564.
The launch took place earlier today using a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle.