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Launched 2006-12-24 08:34:44 UTC43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Elliptical Orbit
Worldwide
65th
orbital launch attempt in 2006
Russian Space Forces
3rd
launch this year
43/4 (43R)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
775 d 15 h
since the pad's previous launch
Russian highly elliptic communications satellite
The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. The Russian Space Forces were originally formed on August 10, 1992 and the creation of the Russian Armed Forces.
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