MOSCOW, October 3 (Itar-Tass) —— The booster Soyuz-2.1b, which was launched from the Plesetsk spaceport, put the satellite Glonass-M into orbit successfully on Monday.

“The launch of the booster and the orbiting of the satellite passed as scheduled. The satellite Glonass-M was put under control at 3.55 a.m. Moscow time,” spokesman of the Russian Space Troops Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass on Monday.