MOSCOW. Oct 21 (Interfax-AVN) - The headquarters of the Russian Space Troops has made a decision to suspend preparations for the launch of a Molniya-M rocket with a military satellite aboard from the Plesetsk space center in the Arkhangelsk region.
The launch was originally scheduled for the end of October, the press service of the Space Troops told Interfax on Monday.
The decision on the date for the launch will be made after a commission investigating the recent accident of a Soyuz-U rocket completes its work, the press service said.
The crash of the Soyuz-U, which was carrying the international Photon-M satellite, occurred while it was being launched from the Plesetsk space center on October 15.