The Russian Defense Ministry on October 25 said that "a Soyuz-2.1B rocket was successfully launched carrying a satellite for the Russian military." (file photo)
Warzone/The Drive: Russia Just Launched Five Objects Into Space. One Problem, There Were Supposed To Be Four
The available information suggests that the Russians may have put yet another secretive "killer satellite" into orbit.
The Russian military says it successfully placed three classified communications satellites into orbit today, along with the upper stage of the rocket that put them there. But according to the U.S. military's Combined Space Operations Center, or CSpOC, a fifth object, possibly another, unannounced satellite, may have hitched a ride into space on the launch.
The Rokot/Briz-KM launch vehicle blasted off from Pad 3 at Site 133 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Western Russia at just before 5:30 PM local time on Nov. 30, 2018, according to RussianSpaceWeb.com. At approximately 7:12 PM, the three Rodnik communications satellites had deployed into their assigned orbits. Russia has named the trio of satellites Kosmos-2530, Kosmos-2531, and Kosmos-2532.
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WNU Editor: So Russia did a rocket launch that probably had a military component to it.Why should this surprise anyone?
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