Kosmos-2450 satellite put into designated orbit

MOSCOW. April 30. KAZINFORM Military satellite Kosmos-2450 has been put into the designated orbit by a Soyuz-U rocket; Kazinform refers to ITAR-TASS.

The satellite reached the target orbit at 21:06 Moscow time (1706 GMT). ?The operation proceeded as scheduled,? Space Troops spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass. The medium liquid-fuel three-stage carrier rocket Soyuz-U is designed to deliver satellites weighing up to 7,200 kilograms to orbits at an altitude of about 200 kilometres; Kazinform cites ITAR-TASS. See www.itar-tass.com for full version