Russians launch Cosmos 2314 reconnaissance satellite.

While the Space Shuttle Atlantis was on its way to dock with the Mir orbital complex, Russian Space Forces launched another spy satellite. The classified spacecraft, officially designated Cosmos 2314, was launched from the RSF's First State Test Cosmodrome at Plesetsk on June 28. The three-stage...

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