Military satellites running on the “Soyuz-2.1V”, took to the target orbit – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, December 5 – RIA Novosti. Two military satellites, launched on Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a new rocket “Soyuz-2.1V”, delivered into orbit removal unit “Volga”, RIA Novosti reported the press service of the Defense Ministry.

The rocket “Soyuz 2.1V “with two companions in the interests of the Defense Ministry, the characteristics and function of which were not disclosed by the Office, kicked off on Saturday from the Russian Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region. Preparation and start-up have been nominally under the control of the commander of the Space Forces, Lieutenant-General Alexander Golovko.

“The new carrier rocket easy class” Soyuz-2.1V “at the set time has successfully placed into the calculated orbit two spacecraft in the interest of the Ministry of Defense the Russian Federation “, – reported in the department.

This is the second launch of the new launch vehicle of light class” Soyuz-2.1V “flight tests which are held at the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The first launch of “Soyuz-2.1V” was held successfully combat crew cosmodrome in December 2013.

The flight tests of space rocket complex “Soyuz-2″ began at the cosmodrome Plesetsk on 8 November 2004. Over the past 11 years, from the northern cosmodrome conducted 24 launch rocket “Soyuz-2″ modernization stages 1A, 1B and 1C.