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Russian Rocket Launches Research Satellites


The rocket was successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (file photo)
The rocket was successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (file photo)
A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully launched several small research satellites into orbit.

Among the satelittes are the German TET-1 aeronautic research satellite and satellites for Belarus and Canada.

The rocket was launched from the Russian cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Based on reporting by Interfax and dpa

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