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Russia Launches Military, Science Satellites
By Interfax News Agency
posted: 23 May 2008
4:28 pm ET
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MOSCOW (Interfax) - Several satellites have been lunched into space with a Rockot
light launch vehicle from the Plesetsk space center in north Russia, top
spokesman for the Russian Space Forces Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax from
Plesetsk on Friday.
"The
Rockot launch vehicle should put several military satellites and the scientific
Yubileiny satellite into orbit," he said.
He said
commander of the Space Forces Col. Gen. Vladimir Popovkin oversaw preparations
for the takeoff.
"The
satellites are to be put into their target orbits at 9:05 p.m.,"
Zolotukhin said.
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