https://spacewatch.global/tag/russian-aerospace-forces/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:00:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/russian-aerospace-forces/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/russia-launches-final-angara-a5-demonstration-mission/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38208 Russia launched its third successful demonstration flight of the Angara A5 rocket on Monday, however, its Persei upper stage suffered a failure, NASA Spaceflight reported. This was the final launch needed to enter operational status, although further tests might be needed prior to operations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/soyuz-rocket-launches-russian-military-satellite-after-one-month-delay/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19753 A Russian military communications satellite rode a Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage on 20 February 2020 into an orbit stretching nearly 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) above Earth, successfully launching after a one-month delay to replace a suspect third stage on the Soyuz booster.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/russian-military-space-rokot-launches-three-strela-3m-communications-satellites/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 06:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11696 The Russian military successfully launched three Strela-3M communications satellites on 30 November 2018 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northwest Russia, according to reports from TASS, the Russian state news agency.]]>