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  • Glonass navigation satellite in orbit after Soyuz launch

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    A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off Saturday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense A new satellite joined Russia’s Glonass navigation fleet Saturday with a successful launch on top of a Soyuz rocket into an orbit nearly 12,000 miles above Earth. The Glonass M navigation satellite lifted off aboard a Soyuz-2.1b…