A NATO secret will be revealed: a surveillance satellite is launched into orbit.
The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle launched from the Plestok Cosmodrome will carry a military spacecraft into orbit, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. It could be a surveillance satellite, military expert Yuri Knotov shared his opinion with the AiF.
"The mechanism is military, which means it is secret. Considering a special military operation, this satellite can be used for the interests of the Northern Military District. In addition, there are monitoring satellites that check the nature of space objects that are located directly in space and work for NATO countries. Sometimes they are declared as civilians, although in reality they are carrying out military missions of launching into space, or launching many into space," he said.