A Russian Kosmos 3M successfully launched two satellites from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, pad 132/1, at 06:07 UTC on November 28 in heavy snow with temperatures at –20°C. The Algerian satellite AlSat-1 and Russian satellite Mozhaets were placed into a 686 km (370 nmi) sun-synchronous orbit. The flight also included a package, Rubin-3-DSI , to monitor the launch environment. The launch trajectory involved a dog-leg to avoid overflying Alaska while still using the standard Kosmos 3M first stage drop zone, and an earlier than usual fairing separation which caused higher heating loads than a normal launch.