“Launched today, February 2, at 11:45 pm from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region, the Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle (LV) at the appointed time successfully launched a spacecraft into the calculated orbit (KA) is in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense, ”Interfax quotes a message from the defense department.
It is also noted that the launched spacecraft of the Ministry of Defense was adopted for control of ground-based facilities of the Aerospace Forces.
The department reported that a stable telemetric connection has been established and maintained with the spacecraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense, its on-board systems are functioning normally.
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the launch of the device went smoothly.
Earlier it was reported that the specialists of the Russian Aerospace Forces launched 21 spacecraft into orbit in 2020.