Russia to Launch Three Military Satellites – Commander
May 19, 2008
Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian military news agency Interfax-AVN website
Moscow, 19 May: the Russian Space Troops plan to launch three military satellites in the next few months, Space Troops Commander Col-Gen Vladimir Popovkin has told journalists today.
“The launches have been scheduled for this month, June and July. Military satellites will be put in orbit”, Popovkin said.
He noted that for the last six months the Space Troops had not launched a satellite. [Passage omitted]
Originally published by Interfax-AVN military news agency website, Moscow, in Russian 1306 19 May 08.
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