PLESETSK, Arkhangelsk region. Nov 22 (Interfax-AVN) - The Rokot satellite rocket with the Briz-KM upper stage launched in Plesetsk has brought into orbit three European Swarm spacecraft, Col. Dmitry Zenin, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman for the Aerospace Defense Forces, told Interfax-AVN.
"The spacecraft have been successfully brought to their target orbit and have detached from the Briz-KM upper stage. Swarm will soon be taken under the management of the customer," Zenin said.