The Russian Soyuz rocket successfully launches an intelligence satellite in orbit – Connecticut Ledger

Russian rocket Soyuz successfully delivered an intelligence satellite in orbit on Thursday. Russia launched the Soyuz rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the far north of Russia, in the Arkhangelsk region, for the first flight of a Soyuz plane since the similar rocket had failed. October 11 to take off a crew to the International Space Station (ISS).

The first launch of a Soyuz family rocket since the October 11 accident, "commented Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian Space Agency.

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket was launched from Plesetsk, according to the Russian army. The Russian army said that it was the third launch of a Soyuz rocket from north Plesetsk this year, while badysts reported that it was no longer the case. was the fourth of a series of Lotos satellites developed in order to collect intelligence for Russian military forces and intercept radio transmissions.

"Thursday at 3:15 (00:15 GMT), a rocket Soyuz-2.1B was successfully launched, carrying a satellite for the Russian army," said the Russian Defense Ministry in a statement.

A Soyuz-FG rocket On October 11, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague fell into the plane due to the accident, causing a landing of the aircraft. 39; emergency. The Russian space agency Roscosmos has suspended its launches until Thursday.

The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos commissioned a commission to investigate the suspended launch of the ISS and to unveil the findings on 30 October. Other satellites, including the Russian Glonbad The navigation satellite will take off from Plesetsk on November 3 on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket, then a Soyuz ST-B rocket from Kourou (French Guiana) is to be launched on November 6 with a European weather satellite.

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