Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:47am on 19 Sep 2026,Saturday International
Russia’s Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class carrier rocket from the Plesetsk spaceport in the Arkhangelsk Region on September 18, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. The launch was conducted by a combat crew from the Space Troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The rocket was carrying a spacecraft for the Russian Defence Ministry. The ministry described the launch as successful but did not provide further details about the spacecraft’s mission, orbit or operational purpose in its initial statement. The launch took place from Russia’s state test spaceport at Plesetsk, a key facility for Russian military and space missions.
