Russian Proton-K orbits a classified spacecraft identified as new spysat.

A RUSSIAN PROTON-K heavy booster yesterday lifted a classified military payload toward orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, apparently paving the way for Russia's planned launch of seven U.S. Iridium low Earth orbit communications satellites on a booster with the same configuration...

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