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December 6, 2022

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Soyuz launcher puts Russian military spy satellite in orbit

March 24, 2016

A Russian military spacecraft with a high-resolution digital mapping camera is in orbit Thursday after a successful ascent aboard a Soyuz rocket.

Russian intelligence gets an upgrade with satellite launch

February 28, 2015

Russia launched a next-generation military reconnaissance satellite Friday, ushering in an era of digital mapping from orbit after decades of relying on film returned to Earth inside landing capsules.