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September 20, 2019

Breaking News

[ September 20, 2019 ] Japanese cargo launch reset for Monday after fire Mission Reports
[ September 19, 2019 ] NASA still looking for new human spaceflight chief Mission Reports
[ September 19, 2019 ] Five Chinese smallsats launched by Long March 11 rocket Mission Reports
[ September 18, 2019 ] NASA’s Juno spacecraft sees moon’s otherworldly shadow on Jupiter Mission Reports
[ September 18, 2019 ] Starlink to fill lion’s share of SpaceX near-term launch manifest Falcon 9

Russia launches military communications satellite

July 30, 2019

A Russian military satellite rocketed into orbit Tuesday on top of a Soyuz launcher from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome to provide communications coverage over Russia’s polar regions.

Military communications satellite launched from Russia

November 1, 2014

A Russian military communications relay platform blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, riding a Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage into an egg-shaped orbit reaching nearly 25,000 miles above Earth.