Russia launches a Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the Kosmos 2576 satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome launch site near Moscow.
Russia launches a Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the Kosmos 2576 satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome launch site inArkhangelskOblast.TheUnitedStatesSpaceCommandaccusesitofbeingananti-satelliteweaponcapableofattackingother satellites,andisinthesameorbitasasatelliteoperatedbytheNationalReconnaissanceOffice.