On the morning of December 25, Russia successfully launched a light-weight Rokot rocket from the northern Plesetsk space airport in the north, carrying Briz KM accelerator and three military satellites to orbit.
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Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Dmitry Zenin said that at 4:30 am (Moscow time, 7:30 pm Vietnam time) the rocket carrying three Russian military satellites had left the third launch pad of the yard. Plesetsk space flight.
As planned, by 6: 16 minutes, the cosmic satellites have separated from the boosters and entered the target trajectory successfully. These three satellites in turn receive the numbers Kosmos-2488, Kosmos-2489 and Kosmos-2490.
The Rokot light-weight rocket is an improved version of the Russian intercontinental ballistic missile RS-18. The Rokot was first launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on May 16, 2000. So far, this missile has been launched into space 17 times.
