MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Government...

The agency plans to launch 21 telecommunications satellites, a two-satellite multipurpose relay system, 12 mobile communications satellites, five meteorological satellites, five environmental monitoring satellites, and a number of observatories and spacecraft for astrophysical and biomedical research, as well as for solar and lunar exploration.

Russia will also contribute two spacecraft to the global satellite-aided search-and-rescue system Cospas-Sarsat and seven modules to the International Space Station, the agency said.