ALARM: Putin"Secretly" Launches Military Satellite into Space
Russia Conducts "Secret" Space Rocket Launch. Mystery Over Technical Capabilities of the Satellite. Russia launched a classified military satellite from its base facility in Arkhangelsk. Russian news agency RT reported the launch of the satellite designated kosmos-2560. It was launched from Plesetsk military cosmodrome on October 15th at 10:55 p.m. (7:55 GMT). An Angara-1. 2 rocket has delivered a 'secretive' military purpose satellite into orbit. The spacecraft launched from a small carrier rocket as successfully reached orbit. A radio link with the mission control centre was established soon, says the Russian ministry of defence. The Russian defense ministry said the launch was carried out by a combat crews of space Force. While the military revealed the name of the payload as kosmos-2560, they did not share any details of the mission or technical capabilities of the satellite. A similarly secretive launch of the