Russia Launches Satellites For 4 Foreign Countries
July 1, 2003
MOSCOW. June 30 (Interfax) – Russia launched a rocket on Monday carrying nine satellites into space, eight of which belong to four foreign countries and the ninth is a mockup of the Russian Monitor E satellite.
They were taken into space by a Rokot rocket that took off from the Plesetsk launch site at 1415 GMT.
The Rokot, fitted with a Briz KM booster, was launched by Russia’s Space Forces, spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko told Interfax.