On Saturday 25 November, at 11:58 p.m. from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Russian Defence Ministry (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region, combat crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a medium-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Launch of the carrier rocket and placement the spacecraft into the calculated orbit were carried out under normal conditions. After the launch, the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was taken for escort by means of the ground-based automated control complex of the Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre.
At the estimated time, the spacecraft was launched into the orbit and controlled by the ground facilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Stable telemetry communication has been established and maintained with the spacecraft. The onboard systems of the spacecraft are functioning properly.
After the spacecraft was placed into orbit, officers of the Main Centre for Reconnaissance of Situation in Space of the Russian Aerospace Forces entered information about it into the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System and began analysing and processing information about the new space object.
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