MOSCOW, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Russian Space Forces launched two satellites on Tuesday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia, news agencies reported.
The Cosmos-3M rocket carrying a military satellite and a new civilian satellite named Sterkh blasted off at 07:57 a.m. Moscow time (0357 GMT), and is scheduled to put the satellites into orbit at 09:00 a.m. Moscow time (0500 GMT).
The Sterkh satellite is designed for the Russian part of the international space search and rescue system COSPAS-SARSAT, aide to the Space Forces commander Lt. Col. Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax.
Russia has carried out 17 successful space launches since this year, said the RIA Novosti.
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