The Russian aerospace forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying satellites from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"A Soyuz 2.1b launch vehicle with spacecraft on board was launched in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome (the Arkhangelsk Region) on May 17, 2024," the ministry said in a statement.

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