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Meridian 2 satellite

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Russian Meridian 2 military satellite was put into orbit Friday by a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket launched from Plesetsk space centre in north of the country, an aide to the Russian Space Forces commander said.
The Meridian-series communication satellites are designed to replace the older Molniya-series spacecraft and in addition to their military uses provide communication, navigation and surveillance services for civilian customers.

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Russia successfully launched and orbited a military communications satellite of the Kosmos series overnight.

"The modernised Soyuz-2 rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk launching site at 01:53 hours Moscow time and successfully placed the payload into the near-Earth orbit" Space Forces spokesman.

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TLE Data

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1 35008U 09029A   09142.24701127  .00000490  00000-0  00000+0 0    45
2 35008 062.8365 158.0330 7311943 290.2508 238.6506 02.22928214    15

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The Meridian 2 reconnaissance satellite is scheduled to liftoff atop a Soyouz-2.1 launch vehicle on the 21st May, 21:53:53 GMT from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
According to a spokesperson for RF Ministry of communications, the strategic communications spacecraft is planned to enter a 12 - hour elliptical orbit with an inclination of ~ 63 degrees.