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Russia launched a satellite navigation called Glonbad-M on Nov. 3, 2018.
Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense
Over the weekend, Russia completed its second successful Soyuz launch since the Oct. 11 failed crew launch, with liftoff taking place on Saturday (Nov. 3) at 11:17 pm local time (4:17 p.m. EDT, 2017 GMT).
Plesetsk Cosmodrome located about 500 miles north of Moscow, satellite navigation called Glonbad-M into orbit. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket was used during the launch – the same model as in Russia's most recent launch, and a variation on the model used for crewed flights, including the Oct. 11 failure.
Roscosmos, the satellite deployed about 3 minutes after launching and communicating with Earth.
The launch came just a few days after Roscosmos completed an investigation into the Oct. 11 failed launch, which feels a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut plummeting to the ground. The investigation has been triggered by a faulty sensor caused by a booster.
Roscosmos has said that it's a rocket model that failed, the Soyuz-FG, will occur on Nov. 16 during a cargo launch to the International Space Station in preparation for the system's return to crew on flights Dec. 3.
Meghan Bartels at [email protected] or follow her @meghanbartels. Follow us @Spacedotcom and Facebook. Original article on Space.com.
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