The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. This was reported by the press service of Roscosmos.
〰 At 04:16 Moscow time, the Soyuz-2.1b launch manufactured by the Progress Rocket and Space Center was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with the KOEN spacecraft and Kinosputnik 〰, Roscosmos reported.
This is the first subsidized launch of private satellites as part of the National Space Project.
The KOEN and Kinosputnik spacecraft will photograph the Earth's surface in extremely high resolution, which will enable the solution of various applied problems: from monitoring the intended use of the land and identifying illegal buildings to monitoring natural hazards and solving environmental problems.