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Russia’s second meteorological satellite Arktika-M launched from Baikonur put into orbit

Russian Aviaton » Saturday December 16, 2023 18:19 MSK

Russia’s second meteorological satellite Arktika-M, which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle, has been successfully put into a designated orbit with a Fregat booster, Roscosmos said in a statement.

"The second Arktika-M is in orbit!" the space agency said.

The Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Arktika-M No. 2 satellite blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12:18 p.m. Moscow time (9:18 a.m. GMT). About nine minutes after liftoff, the Fregat upper stage with the satellite separated from the rocket’s third stage.