Russia launches military satellite: report

Article Posted on : - Jan 28, 2010

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MOSCOW (AFP): Russia successfully launched today a military satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported.

The Proton-M rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from Baikonur at 0318 GMT and was due to release it into orbit at 0919 GMT Thursday, the RIA Novosti news agency cited as saying the spokesman for the Russian military space forces, Alexei Zolotukhin.

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