Russia Launches Unnamed Satellite

MoscowRussia’s defense ministry named no purpose for Monday’s Soyuz-2.1b launch.

Unnamed launches get catalogued as Kosmos numbers so outsiders can’t infer capability.

Plesetsk’s high-inclination orbits favor reconnaissance and early-warning satellites, unlike Russia’s civil sites.

Trackers will still recover its orbit within days, often enough to classify the mission.

Sources: TASS