MOSCOW, 9 Sep-RIA Novosti. The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted a successful launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle.1b " from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense told RIA Novosti.
"On Thursday, September 9, at 22.59 Moscow time, a Soyuz-2 light-class launch vehicle was launched from the launcher No. 4 of Site No. 43 of the State test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region by the combat crew of the Aerospace Forces.1b " with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry," the ministry said.
They clarified that all pre-launch operations and the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 v space rocket were carried out in normal mode. Ground-based means of the Space Forces of the VKS controlled the launch and flight of the launch vehicle.
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1 v light class launch vehicle, whose flight tests began at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2013, was carried out by the combat crews of the Space Forces for the seventh time.