Launched with “Soyuz-2.1b” satellite “GLONASS-M”, was released on bond – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 7 -. RIA Novosti put into orbit launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1b” navigation satellite “GLONASS-M”, was released on bond and is functioning normally, told RIA Novosti on Sunday . press service of the Defense Ministry

“With the spacecraft established and maintained stable telemetric communication onboard systems are functioning normally.”, – stated in the

The satellite was launched into the target orbit at the estimated time. and adopted by the management of the main space center named after Titov. This is the first launch of “Soyuz-2.1b” from Plesetsk in 2016.