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• Soyuz rocket successfully delivers EKS-2 early-warning satellite to rare orbit

  Curt GodwinMay 25th, 2017

  Shortly after 2:34 a.m. EDT (06:34 GMT), May 25, 2017, a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket lifted off from site No. 43 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome and delivered the second of the EKS series of early-warning satellites to a rare Tundra orbit.

• Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket successfully launches Tundra satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 17th, 2015

  Russia successfully launched on Tuesday the first satellite for its newest early warning system, named EKS. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket, carrying the Tundra satellite, lifted off at 1:33 a.m. EST (06:33 GMT), Nov. 17, 2015, from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, located in Northern Russia.

• Russian Soyuz 2.1b to launch first satellite for EKS early warning system

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 16th, 2015

  Russia is readying a Soyuz-2.1b rocket to launch the first satellite of its newest early warning system called EKS (meaning Unified Space System). The spacecraft, named Tundra, is scheduled to lift off at 2:00 a.m. EST (7:00 GMT) on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, located in Northern Russia.