Russia sends military satellite into space

 　　MOSCOW, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia successfully launched a Cosmos¹ class military satellite on Monday, said spokesman of the Russian Space Forces Alexei Zolotukhin.

　　A Soyuz-U carrier rocket carrying the military satellite blasted off from the Plesetsk Plesetsk space center in northern Russia at 20:00 Moscow time (1600 GMT), Zolotukhin said.

　　"The rocket put the Cosmos series military satellite into the designated orbit at 20:08 Moscow time (1608 GMT)," he added.

　　The spokesman also said the launch of the Soyuz-U carrier rocket "was the first time for this type of rockets" in this year.

　　The launch carried out by a team from the Russian Space Forces was supervised by Space Forces Commander Oleg Ostapenko.

　　The satellite, Cosmos-2472, is a new member to a Russian network of about 60-70 military reconnaissance satellites.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

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n.宇宙；秩序，和谐

参考例句：

• Our world is but a small part of the cosmos.我们的世界仅仅是宇宙的一小部分而已。
• Is there any other intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos?在宇宙的其他星球上还存在别的有智慧的生物吗？