Russian military satellite successfully sent to orbit

A Kosmos 3M rocket launched from northern Russia overnight to place a military navigation satellite in orbit more than 600 miles above Earth. The two-stage launcher lifted off at 0105 GMT Tuesday from pad 132 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The launch occurred at 5:05 a.m. Moscow time. The mission's secret payload arrived in orbit about one hour later at 0208 GMT, according to the Russian Novosti news agency. U.S. tracking data shows the satellite was released in a nearly circular orbit more than 600 miles high with an inclination of about 83 degrees. More

(Source: Space Flight Now - Apr 29)