At 19:55 UTC on Oct. 15, an Angara 1.2 rocket launched from Site 35/1 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome carrying a payload for the Russian military to a Sun-synchronous Orbit (SSO).
Space.com: Russian Angara rocket launches mysterious military satellite
It was Russia's third orbital launch in less than a week.
Russia launched a small military satellite on Saturday (Oct. 15), pulling off its third orbital mission in less than a week.
An Angara rocket lifted off from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia Saturday at 3:55 p.m. EDT (1955 GMT;10:55 p.m. Moscow time), carrying a small satellite called EMKA-3 skyward, according to an update on Telegram by Russia's space agency Roscosmos, which referred to the satellite as Kosmos 2560.
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Update #1: New Russian navigation satellite now in orbit (GPS World)
Update #2: Angara 1.2 launches satellite for Russian Aerospace Forces (NASA Space Flight)
WNU Editor: Three launches in one week. The Russian space program is definitely busy.
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