The Air and Space Forces conducted a successful launch of a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the launch pad No. 3 of the launch complex No. 43 of the Plesetsk space launch site. The launch took place at 05:52 MSK (02:52 UTC) on 10 October 2022. The satellite that the rocket and its Fregat boost stage delivered into orbit is a Glonass-K navigation satellite No. 17L.
The satellite was designated Cosmos-2559. It received international designation 2022-130A and was registered by NORAD as object 54031.
Previous Glonass-K launch was in July 2022.
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