“Start-up normally.
The separation of the head unit and the first on / off of the propulsion system of the upper stage took place at the estimated time, ”he wrote in Telegram.
Earlier, the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the first Russian satellite Arktika-M was launched from Baikonur to monitor the climate and the environment in the Arctic region.
Upper stage "Fregat" with "Arktika-M" separated from the third stage of the rocket on a suborbital trajectory.