Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket to send second GLONASS-M satellite into orbit

A Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat space tug is to blast off Saturday from a launch pad at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia's Arkhangelsk region and put into orbit second GLONASS-M satellite in 2014. On June 11 the rocket was rolled out onto the Plesetsk State Testing Cosmodrome where it underwent the final cycle of prelaunch tests and was finally approved for the scheduled June 14 launch. This will be the second launch of GLONASS-M satellite this year and the fourth time when it was sent to orbit from Plesetsk. More

(Source: The Voice of Russia - Jun 15)