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Russian Soyuz-2.1v rocket with military satellite lifts off from Plesetsk spaceport

It was launched in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry

MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1v carrier rocket with a military satellite lifted off from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia’s northwest, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"On February 5, 2025, combat teams of the Aerospace Forces’ Space Troops launched a Soyuz-2.1v light-class carrier rocket with a satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome (the Arkhangelsk Region) in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry," the ministry said in a statement.