Kremlin space chiefs have launched a secret military spacecraft into orbit around the Earth using Russia’s new Angara 1.2 rocket.
The launch took place at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny in the north-western Russian region of Arkhangelsk Oblast on 29 April.
A statement said that a space ‘combat crew’ had launched the unidentified payload for the Russian Ministry of Defence.
It is understood that the payload was probably a top-secret new military radar satellite system, for gebze escort use in the war in .
The launch took place at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny in the north-western Russian region of Arkhangelsk Oblast on 29th April