The launch vehicle was taken for escort by ground means of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation.
In Russia, a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with GLONASS-K navigation satellite was successfully launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. This was reported by Interfax in connection with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Thursday, July 7.
It is indicated that the launch was carried out by the combat personnel of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation.
“All pre-launch operations and the launch of the rocket took place in normal mode. Control of the launch and flight of the launch vehicle was carried out by the ground-based automated spacecraft control complex of the Russian orbital group,” it said. of the report.
It is also said that the rocket after takeoff was taken for escort by ground means of the Main Test Space Center named after GS Titov of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces.
Earlier, American SpaceX launched a rocket with the Globalstar satellite, its life being 15 years. It will join the constellation of 24 similar vehicles in low Earth orbit.
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Source: korrespondent
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