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RUSSIA LAUNCHES 3 MILITARY-PURPOSE SATELLITES
January 15, 2013 - 21:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia has launched three Cosmos series
military-purpose satellites, the Aerospace Defense Forces spokesman
said on Tuesday, January 15, according to RIA Novosti.
A Rokot launch vehicle carrying the satellites successfully lifted
off from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia, marking the
first space launch in 2013.
~SThe Rokot carrier rocket with three military satellites was
successfully launched at 8:25 p.m. Moscow time (4:25 p.m. GMT),~T
spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said.
The blastoff had initially been scheduled for December 8, but was
postponed due to malfunctions in the Briz-KM booster.
The light-class Rokot launch vehicle is a modified version of the
Russian RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missile. It
uses the two original lower stages of the ICBM, in conjunction with
an upper-stage block containing the Breeze-KM booster and space-bound
payloads.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 16 Rokot launches
have been carried out from the Plesetsk site since the first launch
on May 16, 2000.
However, Rokot launches have been suspended for about 18 months after
the vehicle failed to put the Geo-IK-2 military satellite into the
designated orbit on February 1, 2011.
In the first launch of Rokot in more than a year, a rocket with a
Cosmos class military satellite and three civilian satellites on
board blasted off on July 28, 2012.
January 15, 2013 - 21:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia has launched three Cosmos series
military-purpose satellites, the Aerospace Defense Forces spokesman
said on Tuesday, January 15, according to RIA Novosti.
A Rokot launch vehicle carrying the satellites successfully lifted
off from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia, marking the
first space launch in 2013.
~SThe Rokot carrier rocket with three military satellites was
successfully launched at 8:25 p.m. Moscow time (4:25 p.m. GMT),~T
spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said.
The blastoff had initially been scheduled for December 8, but was
postponed due to malfunctions in the Briz-KM booster.
The light-class Rokot launch vehicle is a modified version of the
Russian RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missile. It
uses the two original lower stages of the ICBM, in conjunction with
an upper-stage block containing the Breeze-KM booster and space-bound
payloads.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 16 Rokot launches
have been carried out from the Plesetsk site since the first launch
on May 16, 2000.
However, Rokot launches have been suspended for about 18 months after
the vehicle failed to put the Geo-IK-2 military satellite into the
designated orbit on February 1, 2011.
In the first launch of Rokot in more than a year, a rocket with a
Cosmos class military satellite and three civilian satellites on
board blasted off on July 28, 2012.