Was launched from Plesetsk rocket "Roar" with military satellites
The rocket "Rokot" launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome with a block of military satellites, said on the last working day of the week in the Department of information and mass communications of the Russian defense Ministry.
Start of the carrier rocket light class was held in 05. 27 MSK with launcher N3. During start-up and the missile was monitored by means of automated control of spacecraft of the Russian orbital constellation.
at 05: 29 GMT rocket has taken to support ground-based funds Main test space center. German Titov Space forces VKS. After four minutes, the rocket head cleanly separated from its second stage.
into the calculated orbit the device will supposedly be released in two hours.
This is the second launch of the rocket carrier of light class "Rokot" from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2018. The previous launch of this class was held in April of this year.
The first Rocket "Rokot" was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on 16 may 2000. During this period, from the Baikonur was conducted 29 launches of this missile were put into orbit about 70 satellites for various purposes.
Booster light class "Rokot" created during the conversion program in the place of the decommissioned Intercontinental ballistic missile RS-18." Rumble "consists of a block of accelerators (First and second stage) and the space head part consisting of the upper stage" breeze-KM ", fairing, the transitional system, the intermediate compartment and the payload Bay.
"Rumblings" is producing the enterprise, the Khrunichev Center.
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