A rocket-carrier Molnia-M of middle class has been launched from the Plisetsk cosmodrome

A rocket-carrier Molnia-M of the middle class with a satellite of the Kosmos series was launched on Tuesday from the state test cosmodrome Plesetsk at 15:20, Moscow time, in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry, the RIA Novosti correspondent was told in the press service of the Space Forces of Russia.

The start was carried out from the sixteenth area of the cosmodrome by Launcher No. 2. The satellite will be launched in a high elliptic orbit, reported the press service of the Space Forces of Russia.