Three Russian military satellites put into orbit

The Briz-KM booster has placed into target orbit three Russian military-purpose satellites. This was reported by an official spokesman for the military-space defense forces Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin.

Earlier, the booster Rokot, launched successfully on Tuesday from Plesetsk cosmodrome, placed the three satellites into low orbit, after which the booster Briz-KM stepped in.

This is this year's first space launch in Russia and, generally, in the world.