Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2021, 10:37 AM ET (1537 GMT)
Russia launched a military satellite Nov. 24. A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off at 8:09 pm EST (0109 GMT Nov. 25) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome and placed its payload into a highly elliptical orbit. Russian officials did not disclose the mission of the satellite, but it is believed to be the latest in a series of missile early warning spacecraft.

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