Ministry of Defense: military satellite launched from Plesetsk launched into orbit

According to the ministry, at the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the target orbit by the Fregat upper stage.

The Ministry of Defense added that the device was accepted for control of ground assets of the space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Earlier, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a spacecraft from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the interests of the Ministry of Defense.