In conjunction with the Soyuz-2.1b rocket, which took out from Arkhangelsk, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that it had successfully placed a new military satellite into Earth’s orbit.
Russia experienced a setback after lifting off on its moon mission in August and crashing on lunar terrain, which occurred months before the launch.
“On December 27 at 10:03 am combat crews of the RAF space forces conducted a launch of a light-class Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a space device in the interest of the Russian Defense Ministry, from the state testing cosmodrome of the Russian Defense Ministry in Arkhangelsk region (Plesetsk),” according to the ministry.
The rocket’s liftoff and journey to its destination, according to the officials, went off without a hitch, and an automated ground-control complex kept an eye on the entire operation.
The ministry said that “a stable telemetry link has been established and maintained with the spacecraft” and that “all onboard systems are operating normally.”
The Soyuz-2.1b rocket, which launched military equipment into Earth’s orbit in October, carried out a similar launch.
The intentions and total number of devices placed outside of Earth were not disclosed by the defense officials.
Between December 27, 2006, and November 25, 2023, 67 launches of Soyuz-2.1b rockets were reported by the Russian space agency Roscosmos. A total of 577 units have been shipped.
