Russia’s ‘Rokot’ carrier launches 3 military satellites into orbit

Three Russian military communication satellites were successfully guided into orbit early Thursday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported. The satellites were launched via a Rokot carrier. At 1 am Moscow time on Thursday (22 GMT Wednesday), Russia’s Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Rokot space launcher with a Briz-KM booster stage from the Plesetsk Space Center, which is located in Arkhangelsk Region in northwestern Russia. It carried three military satellites into space for Russia’s Defense Ministry. More

(Source: RT - Sep 24)