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Soyuz rocket launches Russian missile warning satellite

May 22, 2020 Stephen Clark

A Soyuz booster and Fregat upper stage successfully carried a missile warning satellite into orbit Friday for the Russian military.

Russia launches missile warning satellite

September 26, 2019 Stephen Clark

A Russian military satellite designed to detect missile launches arrived in orbit Thursday following a successful liftoff aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

Russia sends military satellite into orbit for missile warnings

May 25, 2017 Stephen Clark

Russia lofted a military satellite Thursday to join a network of orbiting early warning stations detecting and tracking missile launches around the world, providing the Russian government notice of potential attack.

First satellite launched for Russia’s new missile warning network

November 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

Russia launched an early warning satellite Tuesday, deploying the first in a new fleet of military satellites to detect missile launches heading for Russian territory.