Tag: Fregat
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Live coverage: Soyuz blasts off on third mission for O3b
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with four broadband communications satellites for O3b Networks. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Photos: O3b satellites prepared for Soyuz launch
Four satellites designed to broadcast high-speed Internet signals to the developing world are mounted on top of a Russian-made Soyuz rocket for liftoff Thursday from the Guiana Space Center in South America. Launch of the Soyuz ST-B booster — under the joint management of Arianespace and Russian rocket engineers — is set for 1837 GMT…
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Photos: Soyuz booster rolls out to French Guiana launch pad
Russian rocket technicians working in the French Guiana jungle transported a three-stage Soyuz booster to its launch pad Monday and erected it upright for liftoff Thursday with four communications satellites for O3b Networks, a company with aims to beam broadband Internet service to the developing world. The rocket rolled to the launch pad from a…
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Galileo launch failure blamed on frozen Fregat fuel line
Artist’s concept of a Fregat upper stage during launch with two Galileo navigation satellites. Photo credit: Arianespace TV/Spaceflight Now A design flaw in a Russian Fregat upper stage was responsible for the botched orbital injection of two European Galileo navigation satellites in August, officials said Wednesday, causing hydrazine fuel to freeze inside the rocket’s maneuvering…