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Russia launches military satellite: report
Moscow (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 Russia successfully launched Thursday a military satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported. The Proton-M rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from Baikonur at 0318 GMT and was due to release it into orbit at 0919 GMT Thursday, the RIA Novosti news agency cited as saying the spokesman for the Russian military space forces, Alexei Zolotukhin.
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