“At 10:31 Moscow time, from the launcher No. 4 of the platform No. 43 of the Plesetsk cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk region), the Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with the spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense was successfully launched by the combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces” , - indicated in the message.
It is noted that prelaunch operations and launch were carried out in normal mode.
In this case, the launch and flight of the rocket was controlled by a ground-based automated control system.
In March, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket successfully launched the GLONASS-M Russian navigation satellite into orbit.