from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the country's northwest, the TASS news agency reported on Monday

-1408( ASAT) launched from Plesetsk in northwest Russia between late November 14 and early November

Cosmos-1408 was destroyed by a direct-ascent anti-satellite missile( ASAT) launched from Plesetsk

flight of the Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket, launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in north western Russia

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