{"id":172588,"date":"2023-03-17T13:54:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=172588"},"modified":"2023-03-17T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T13:54:06","slug":"putin-to-launch-mysterious-satellite-of-unknown-purposes-into-space-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/putin-to-launch-mysterious-satellite-of-unknown-purposes-into-space-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin to launch mysterious satellite of ‘unknown purposes’ into space next week"},"content":{"rendered":"
Putin is just days away from launching a mysterious satellite into space, and its purpose is \u201cunknown\u201d.<\/p>\n
The news of Russia's mysterious voyage comes less than a week after China shot an \u201cunknown payload\u201d into space, which was later claimed to be an \u201cexperiment\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to rocket tracking website Next Spaceflight, a Soyuz 2.1v rocket is set to blast off on Thursday, March 23 at 7am.<\/p>\n
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Flying under the code EO MKA #4, its payload is described as \u201cuncertain\u201d.<\/p>\n
They state: \u201cRussian reconnaissance satellite of unknown purposes, possibly in the same series as Kosmos 2551, 2555 and 2560.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The three Russian satellites mentioned are all military-based, with the first two specialising in reconnaissance.<\/p>\n
Russia's last launch was in November 2022, with its purpose and payload also unknown.<\/p>\n
The Soyuz 2.1v was first used in December 2013, and has had nine missions since then.<\/p>\n
Of those nine, one was classed as a partial failure.<\/p>\n
The launch site being used for next week's flight is Site 43\/4, Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. <\/p>\n
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The site was built in 1957 during the Soviet Union era.<\/p>\n
A massive \u00a3150 million upgrade was spent on it in 2011, to include a dormitory and hospital on site.<\/p>\n
President Vladimir Putin stores the country's A-235 anti-ballistic missile system at the site, which is only used to deflect a potential nuclear attack away from Moscow and other key regions in the country.<\/p>\n
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Russia has not yet made any comment on next week's launch, however, and has remained largely silent on all space developments relating to the country in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week it emerged that Kazakhstan had taken control of the Baikonur Spaceport, after the country's bailiff agency attempted to recover a debt of around two billion rubles owed by Russia.<\/p>\n
The country has officially taken over Russia's Center for the Operation of Terrestrial Space Infrastructure as a result.<\/p>\n
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