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Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, May 24, 2012
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
Add commentsRussia Test Fires New Ballistic Missile
11:41 23/05/2012
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces test-fired a new prototype ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk Region on Wednesday, Defense Ministry spokesman Vadim Koval said, but did not name the new weapon.
Russia Folds Soyuz-U Launch Program
20:39 17/05/2012The launch of a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia on Thursday was the last in its 40-year history, spokesman for Russia’s Space Forces Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said.

Russia Launches Military Satellite
19:03 17/05/2012Russia’s Space Forces launched on Thursday a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a Cosmos-series military satellite, SF spokesman Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said.

Russia Convicts Military Officer of Spying For CIA
16:39 10/02/2012
A Russian military district court sentenced on Friday an engineer at the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia to 13 years in prison on charges of state treason, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
Russian communication satellite crashes shortly after launch
18:30 23/12/2011
A Meridian satellite that on Friday was launched from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on board a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket crashed near the Siberian city of Tobolskminutes after liftoff , a Defense Ministry source said.
1Russia launches communications satellite
17:22 23/12/2011
A Soyuz-2 carrier rocket with a Meridian satellite was launched from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on Friday, said Col. Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said.
Russia’s Glonass-M satellite put into orbit
16:48 28/11/2011
Russia sent another Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit on Monday, said Alexei Zolotukhin, spokesman of Russian Space Forces.
6Glonass-M satellite prepared for Monday's launch
04:42 28/11/2011
Staff of the Plesetsk space center in Russia's northwest have prepared a Soyuz carrier rocket with a Glonass-M navigation satellite for Monday's launch.
Russia to launch four Glonass satellites in November
13:51 24/10/2011
Russia is planning to add four Glonass navigation satellites to its orbital grouping in November.
GLONASS-M blasts off from Plesetsk Launch video
16:55 03/10/2011
Blasting off from Plesetsk Space Center at 00:15 Moscow time on October 3, a Soyuz-2.1 B carrier rocket delivered a GLONASS-M navigation satellite to its final orbit at 3:47 Moscow time.
Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket orbits Glonass satellite
05:12 03/10/2011
Russia's Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket has put into orbit a Glonass-M navigation satellite, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Monday.
Russia launches Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with Glonass satellite
01:08 03/10/2011
The Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was launched on early Monday from the Plesetsk Space Center in northern Russia, Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said.
Glonass-M satellite launch postponed until Sunday
23:47 01/10/2011
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was postponed until Sunday because of the approaching cyclone, Russia's Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said on Saturday.
1Russia's asymmetrical response to U.S. missile defense
16:47 29/09/2011
A missile tipped with a newly designed warhead failed during the first test firing near Plesetsk in the north of Russia.
1Russian Press at a Glance, Thursday, September 29, 2011
10:45 29/09/2011Russia's Yars ballistic missile fails test launch
13:34 28/09/2011
Russia's Space Forces confirmed on Wednesday the failure of a test-firing of a Yars (RS-24) intercontinental ballistic missile launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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