Lift-off for new Russian military satellites
The Russian Aerospace Forces in Plesetsk have launched a Soyuz-2.1B rocket with military payload.
The launch took place in the morning of 5 February at the north Russian cosmodrome, the Russian Armed Forces inform.
Several satellites were sent into orbit. The exact number and their kind is not specified.
A video from the launch shows that the rocket was marked with a Z, the Russian Fascism-inspired symbol of the war of aggression against Ukraine. The rocket was also marked with the 80-year anniversary symbol of Russia's victory in 2WW.
According to newspaper Kommersant, the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2024 launched a total of five Soyuz-2.1B rockets, the last of them in December. Then, the payload included only one satellite.
Plesetsk is the main Cosmodrome in Russia and is located some 200 kilometers south of Arkhangelsk. In addition to satellite launches, the cosmodrome is also key in testing Russia’s land-based ballistic nuclear missiles.
