People across Russia took to social media to post dazzling pictures and videos featuring a mysterious object flying over them on Sunday night. Searching for an explanation, some said it could have been a UFO.
However, it turned out to be a Russian Soyuz 2.1-b rocket, which was launched at 12:46am Moscow time from the Plesetsk test launch site. Several hours later, the carrier rocket’s Fregat booster put the Glonass-M navigational satellite into orbit. The satellite will join the group of Russia’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), which currently has a total of 25 objects.
The Soyuz rocket flyover was seen throughout western Russia, from Arkhangelsk Region to Moscow.
