A Russian Defense Ministry-commissioned launch of a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket carrying satellites took place from the country's Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Friday.

"On October 27, 2023, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome (Arkhangelsk Region), a combat crew of the aerospace forces launched a medium-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with spacecraft on behalf of the Russian Defense Ministry," the ministry told reporters.