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Russian rocket orbited 4 satellites.
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On July 28, 2012 at 01:35 UTC the Russian "Rokot” rocket-carrier equipped with the "Briz-KM” booster was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The rocket orbited a Russian military satellite of "Kosmos” series, two Gonets-M telecoms satellites and the "MiR” (Yubileiny-2) scientific microsatellite. The 107-ton light Rokot launcher is a derivative of the Russian RS-18 (SS-19 Stiletto) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It contains two original lower stages of the ICBM and an upper stage for commercial payloads.
