OREANDA-NEWS  The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1a rocket with a military satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"On Friday, April 3, at 9:28 a.m. Moscow time, from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region, a combat crew of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1a medium-class launch vehicle with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense.", - the message says.