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Russia launches military satellites to serve ‘interests of Defense Ministry’
Anadolu Agency WORLD
Published February 06,2026
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The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that a Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket successfully launched military satellites into their planned orbits.
“On Feb. 5 at 21:59, a combat team of the Space Forces successfully carried out a launch of the medium-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Russian Ministry of Defense (the Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region,” it said in a statement.
It added that the rocket launched satellites into orbit to serve the “interests of the Defense Ministry.”
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