Russia has launched a rocket carrying a military satellite into orbit, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on November 2. According to the statement, the rocket -- a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle -- was launched at 9:48 a.m. Moscow time from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region "with a space device in the interests of the Defense Ministry." The statement on Telegram did not provide any other details. The announcement comes as Russia continues its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine launched in February.
