The Russian space agency launched a small military satellite on Saturday.
The Angara rocket was launched from the Plesetk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia. The sun rises and sets at the same time. According to an update on Telegram by Russia's space agency, the satellite is called Kosmos 2560.
The Russian Ministry of Defense's ground facilities were taken control of by the Kosmos 2560 spaceship. The onboard systems are operating in the normal mode and a stable telemetry connection has been established.
The roughly 330-pound (150 kilograms) EMKA-3 is heading for a sun-synchronous circle around Earth. It's not clear what the craft will be doing up there.
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"Not much is known about the mission due to it's military and secret purpose," the mission description stated. The emka series of satellites are thought to be optical spy satellites.
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The first of the three satellites was launched in April of last year. The one that was given the designation Kosmos 2525 spent about three years in space and fell back to Earth in the spring of 2020.
The next two will launch in September and April. Two of those names didn't stay up long. They are thought to have fallen back to Earth after a month or two.
It's not clear if this satellite is a replacement for the failed Kosmos 2555 satellite or if it's just a dummy mass payloads.
The second launch of Russia's lightweight Angara 1.2 took place on Saturday. The Angara rocket family was developed by Russia to replace its old but still- active Proton rocket.
Less than a week had passed since the first two missions for Russia. There were two launches of satellites on Sunday and Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Friday was a busy day for space fans and the launch of Emka 3 was moved to Saturday. The launch of three Chinese satellites and the return to Earth of the crew of the Crew-4 mission took place on Friday.
The crew left the International Space Station at 13:05 pm. The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida was the location of the splash down on Friday. The sun goes down at 2055GMT.
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