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*Russian Soyuz-U carrier rocket bearing military satellite launched* *MOSCOW*, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - A Soyuz-U carrier rocket bearing a military satellite was launched on Friday from the Plesetsk space center in north Russia, an aide to the *Russian Space Forces* commander said. Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said the launch, carried out for the Russian Defense Ministry, had gone ahead without any difficulties. The Soyuz-U rocket is designed to orbit Soyuz and Progress manned and cargo spacecraft, as well as special purpose spacecraft such as Cosmos, Resurs-F, Foton and Bion. The rocket can orbit cargos weighing up to 6,950 metric tons. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
