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Article: Russia: Rokot carrier successfully places in orbit 3 military satellites.
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- July 7, 2009
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Byline: datta003
The Rokot carrier rocket that was blasted off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on Monday successfully places on targeted orbits three military satellites.
Head of the information and public relations service of the RF Space Forces Lieutenant-Colonel Alexei Zolotukhn told Itar-Tass that by 07:10, Moscow time, three spacecrafts were placed in targeted orbits.
According to data of the German Titov Main Experimental Centre for the Testing and Use of Space Equipment (GITsIU-KS) and Command Post of the Space Forces, the start of the Rokot carrier rocket and placement on targeted orbits of the military satellites was conducted in the ...