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Soyuz rocket to launch an ear in the sky – RussianSpaceWeb.com
5th Lotos mission | Story: Anatoly Zak | Editor: Alain Chabot
Soyuz launches an ear in the sky
The Russian military personnel in Plesetsk performed the country’s first orbital launch attempt of 2021 in the late hours of February 2. A Soyuz-2-1b rocket is believed to be on a mission to deliver a semi-classified satellite known as Lotos-S1 or 14F145. It will the latest addition to the Liana constellation performing electronic intelligence from space for the Russian military.
Previous mission: Lotos-S1 No. 803
(File photo)
The fifth Lotos-S1 mission at a glance:
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