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2 more Russian military satellites in orbit

Moscow, Russia - They'll be 10 by the end of the year

Russian Space Forces, that manages exclusively the space activities of the Armed Forces, has launched this morning at 1050 GMT 2 satellites for military scopes. The launch vehicle Kosmos-3M has left from the cosmodromo of Plesetsk, in the north-west of the Country, and according to the first official declarations everything would have been carried as planned. Moscow therefore has put in orbit, since...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 51722
Rome, Italy, 08/19/2003 18:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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