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Russian Cosmos-3M Rocket Puts 2 Satellites In Orbit
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 22, 2009 A Russian carrier rocket has successfully put one military and one civilian satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. The Cosmos-3M rocket lifted off earlier on Tuesday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia. The military satellite is a new addition to a Russian network of about 60-70 military reconnaissance satellites, and a Sterkh series civilian satellite is set to expand Russia's segment of the international COSPAS-SARSAT satellite grouping. The Sterkh-series satellites are designed to replace the Nadezhda series in the International Satellite System for Search and Rescue (COSPAS-SARSAT). Unlike the Nadezhda satellites, the Sterkh series does not provide navigation services, which have been taken over by Russia's GLONASS system. The Cosmos-3M is a liquid-fueled two-stage rocket, first launched in 1967, with over 410 successful launches to date. The booster has been designed to lift a payload of up to 1,500 kg (3,300 lbs) into low, medium, and high orbits. Russia has carried out 17 successful space launches since the beginning of 2009.
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