Modernized Soyuz-2 carrier rocket lifts off from N Russian space center

MOSCOW. November 2. KAZINFORM A carrier rocket in the family of modernized Soyuz-2 carriers lifted off from the Plesetsk space center at 03:38 Moscow Standard Time /00:38 GMT/ to bring into space the Meridian probe, Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.

The latter has been launched in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin, an official spokesman for the Russian Space Troops said.