The Soyuz rocket carried the GLONASS-K satellite into space.
On Monday, a Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the GLONASS-K navigation system was launched from a northern cosmodrome, according to the defence ministry and the Interfax news agency.
The agency quoted the ministry as saying, “Combat crews of the Space Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with the GLONASS-K space navigation system.”
The Soyuz rocket carrying the GLONASS-K satellite took off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, which is about 500 miles (800 km) north of Moscow.
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GLONASS-K is a navigation satellite that will be used as part of the Russian GLONASS system. In the last 20 years, Russia has spent billions of dollars on the GLONASS system, which is seen as a possible rival to the U.S. global positioning system (GPS).
