News Archive / Tagged: Russian Defense Ministry

• Blagovest-13L launched by Russian Proton rocket

  Heather SmithDecember 21st, 2018

  Lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a Russian Proton-M rocket soared into the sky to orbit a military satellite called Blagovest-13L.

• Soyuz 2.1b launches new GLONASS-M navigation satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 4th, 2018

  Russia has continued the expansion of its GLONASS constellation with the Nov. 3, 2018 flight of a Soyuz 2.1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome located in northern Russia. 

• Russian military launches Soyuz 2.1b rocket with spy satellite

  Tomasz NowakowskiOctober 25th, 2018

  The United States wasn't the only country to launch a military spacecraft recently. Russia has sent the Lotos-S1 spacecraft to orbit on a mission for its military.

• Proton-M launches Blagovest 12L satellite for Russian Aerospace Forces

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 18th, 2018

  The Russian military has expanded its fleet of communications satellites with the launch of the Blagovest 12L spacecraft on Wednesday, April 18.

• Russia to launch Blagovest 12L military comsat April 18

  Tomasz NowakowskiApril 17th, 2018

  Russia is in the final stage of preparations to launch its Proton-M rocket with the Blagovest 12L military communications satellite. Liftoff is scheduled to take place at 6:12 p.m. EDT (22:12 GMT) April 18, 2018, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

• Soyuz 2.1b launches military satellite into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiDecember 2nd, 2017

  The recent failure of a Soyuz 2.1b mission, which was unable to place a fleet of 19 satellites into their targeted orbits, has not stopped Russia from sending another such booster into space. This time, lifting off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 10:43 GMT (5:43 a.m. EST) on Saturday, December 2, 2017, a Soyuz 2.1b successfully orbited the Lotos-S1 (№ 803) military spacecraft for the Russian Defense Ministry.

• Soyuz-2.1b launches GLONASS-M navigation satellite into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiSeptember 23rd, 2017

  A Soyuz-2.1b rocket successfully sent the newest GLONASS-M into orbit on Friday, September 22, in order to replenish the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). The launch took place at 0:03 UTC (8:03 p.m. EDT Sept. 21) from Site 43/4 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.

• Proton-M launches military satellite into orbit

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 17th, 2017

  A military communications satellite, known as Blagovest 11L, has been successfully launched into space by a Proton-M / Briz-M heavy-lift rocket. The launch vehicle thundered off from Site 81/24 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at exactly 4:07 a.m. local time on Thursday, Aug. 17 (22:07 GMT / 6:07 p.m. EDT on Aug. 16).

• Russia launches covert payload on rare Soyuz variant

  Curt GodwinJune 23rd, 2017

  A rare Soyuz-2-1v rocket lifted off from Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deliver a covert payload to a highly inclined polar orbit. The rocket departed at 2:04 p.m. EDT (18:04 GMT) on June 23, 2017, from Plesetsk's Site 43, and was only the third flight of this uncommon launch vehicle.