Russian Aerospace Forces launched Soyuz-2.1a rocket

The Russian Space Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1a medium-class launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, the Department of Media Affairs and Information of the Ministry of Defense reports.

“On Saturday, February 5, at 10:00 Moscow time, the combat crew of the Space Forces successfully launched a rocket- carrier of the middle class, Soyuz-2.1a, with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense," the ministry’s statement reads.