Russia Launches Military Satellite
June 27, 2008
Russia successfully launched a military satellite aboard a Proton-K rocket Friday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Itar-Tass reported.
The launch was one of several planned this year to test new space vehicles, officials said.
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Politics, Spaceports, Soviet rockets, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russia, Environment, GLONASS, Soyuz-FG, R-7, Proton