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Russian satellite for polar weather forecasting ready for launch Sunday
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket stands on the launch pad at Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos The first in a new constellation of Russian Arctic weather satellites is poised for launch on top of a Soyuz rocket Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia’s Arktika-M 1 spacecraft is inside the nose…
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Russia launches geostationary weather satellite
A Russian satellite launched Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, riding a Proton booster and Block DM upper stage toward a position in geostationary orbit to provide weather observations over Siberia, other parts of Russia’s Far East, and the Asia-Pacific region. The Elektro-L 3 weather satellite lifted off from Baikonur atop a Proton rocket…
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Egyptian observation satellite launched by Russian rocket
Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket, with the help of a Fregat upper stage, delivered an Egyptian Earth observation satellite into a polar orbit at an altitude of more than 400 miles (650 kilometers) Thursday, overcoming an apparent technical problem after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to Russian news reports. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket…
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Soyuz ready for launch with Egyptian imaging satellite
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 1630 GMT (11:30 a.m. EST) Feb. 21 to report lack of launch webcast. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket and Fregat upper stage rolled out to the Complex 31 launch pad Monday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Energia A Russian-built Earth observation satellite designed to provide reconnaissance imagery to Egyptian military officials…