Russia launches 4 satellites to orbit in 5th mission of last 2 weeks

Russia launched four satellites to orbit on Saturday (Oct. 22), the nation's fifth liftoff in a two-week stretch. A Soyuz rocket topped with three satellites for the Gonets-M communications constellation and a demonstration spacecraft called Skif-D lifted off Saturday at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1957 GMT; 10:57 p.m. Moscow time) from Vostochny Cosmodrome, in far eastern Russia. All four satellites were deployed into their designated orbits as planned, according to Roscosmos, Russia's federal space agency. More

(Source: Space.com - Oct 25)