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Russia launched a military satellite.
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On June 27, 2013 at 16:53 UTC the "Stela” (RS-18) rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket orbited the "Kondor” military remote sensing satellite. Strela (it means arrow) is a Russian rocket-carrier designed on the base of the Soviet/Russian UR-100N intercontinental ballistic missile also known as SS-19 Stiletto named by the NATO. Kondor is a military reconnaissance satellites developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya for the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
