On Thursday, December 25, at 17:11, a combat unit of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation successfully carried out the launch of a medium-class Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle.br br The launch was conducted from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense, known as the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, located in the Arkhangelsk region.br br According to the official statement, both the rocket launch and the insertion of the satellite into its planned orbit proceeded normally, with no anomalies reported. After liftoff, the Soyuz-2.1a was tracked by the assets of the automated ground control complex of the Herman Stepanovich Titov Main Space Test Center.