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23May14
Defense Ministry's satellites successfully placed into orbit by Briz-M upper stage
The Briz-M upper stage has successfully placed into orbit a set of military satellites, spokesperson for Russian Defense Ministry's Aerospace Defense Forces Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told ITAR-TASS on Friday.
"The Briz-M upper stage successfully placed three military satellites into the final orbit at the prescribed time -- at 11:12 Moscow time (07:12 GMT). The satellites have been taken under control by the facilities of Russian Defense Ministry's ground-based automated management system that will be controlling them further during the orbital flight," the official said.
After the orbit placement, the spacecraft have been assigned the sequence numbers Kosmos-2496, Kosmos-2497, Kosmos-2498.
The light-class Rokot launch vehicle with the Briz-KM and thee military satellites was set off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome at 09:27 Moscow time (05:27 GMT), Friday.
[Source: Itar Tass, Moscow, 23May14]
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