Russia Successfully Launces Space Surveillance Satellite

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A top secret Russian military satellite specifically designed to monitor other satellites in space was launched into orbit on Monday onboard a modified Soyuz rocket. The rocket lifted off from the Site 43 launch complex at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome near Moscow on Monday.
"The spacecraft created on the basis of a unified multifunctional space platform has been put into the target orbit, from where the state of domestic satellites can be monitored", the Ministry said in a press release in the early hours of Tuesday. The ministry also said that this advanced satellite is equipped with a special optical instrument, which allows it to take pictures of the Earth's surface.
Russian authorities chose not to announce the launch of the classified mission beforehand, but instead issued airspace warning notices informing pilots of potential payload fairing drop zones in case of the rocket pieces fell away from the Soyuz as it passed through each launch stage.
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