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President Vladimir Putin visited the Plesetsk space launch centre and watched the launch of a Molnia rocket that placed a Cosmos-series military satellite in orbit

February 18, 2004

Mr Putin noted that the centre’s work is of very high quality and showed excellent preparation and good administrative organisation.

The President also visited the new Soyuz-2 launch facility and the assembly and testing facility for space apparatus carrier rockets, where he learned about the latest achievements in space technology.

Mr Putin then watched the broadcast of the launch of an RS-18 rocket from the Baikonur state space launch testing ground.

February 18, 2004