Russia Launches Satellites For 4 Foreign Countries
Posted on: Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 06:00 CDT
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.
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