Russian rocket sends Germany spy satellite into orbit

By Xinhua

Moscow : A Russian rocket sent a Germany spy satellite into orbit on Thursday night, Itar-Tass news agency reported.


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The Russian carrier rocket Kosmos-3M lifted off from the Plesetsk space center in the north of European part of Russia at 20:15 Moscow Time (1715 GMT), carrying into orbit the Germany spy satellite SAR-Lupe-4.

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesman for Russia’s Space Troops said the satellite is expected to get to the designated orbit at 20:43 Moscow Time.

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