It is noted that prelaunch operations and the launch of the rocket took place normally.
"The means of the ground-based automated spacecraft control complex of the Russian orbital group carried out control over the launch and flight of the rocket," RIA Novosti quoted the message.
Earlier, the source said that the GLONASS-M backup navigation satellite is planned to be launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in February 2020 to replace the spacecraft that failed in orbit.
It is clarified that the satellite launched in 2010 refused in November, having redesigned the estimated service life.
Roscosmos state corporation declined to comment on this information.