Kosmos 2540 – Spaceflight Now

July 30, 2021

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Russian military satellite orbited by Rockot launcher

August 30, 2019

A geodetic surveying satellite for the Russian military successfully launched Friday aboard a Rockot booster — a modified ballistic missile — from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.