Kosmos 2540 – Spaceflight Now

February 23, 2020

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[ February 20, 2020 ] Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch Mission Reports
[ February 20, 2020 ] Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delay Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] China launches four ‘technology experiment satellites’ Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Russian space agency replaces cosmonauts on next space station crew Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Photos: Antares rocket lifts off with station-bound Cygnus supply ship Antares

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.