Saturday, July 28, 2012

Russia Launches Cluster of Four Satellites

Rokot carrier rocket
Rokot carrier rocket


Russia's Space Forces launched early on Saturday a Rokot carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite and three civilian satellites on board, spokesman Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said.
The Rokot blasted off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia at 05.35 a.m. Moscow time (01:35 GMT).
The civilian payload includes two Gonets-M telecoms satellites and a MiR scientific microsatellite.

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