Tag: Soyuz 2-1b
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Glonass navigation system reinforced by Soyuz launch
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from Russia’s northern cosmodrome Sunday, adding another satellite to the nation’s Glonass navigation fleet to replace an aging spacecraft. The Glonass M platform launched at 0021 GMT Sunday (7:21 p.m. EST Saturday) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a military facility in the Arkhangelsk region about 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of…
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Russian military satellite launched from Plesetsk
The Soyuz rocket lifted off at 1644 GMT (12:44 p.m. EDT) from the Plesestsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Credit: Russian Defense Ministry A new Russian military global surveillance platform is orbiting Earth after launching from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Tuesday. The defense payload soared into space on top of a Soyuz rocket, which lifted off…
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Soyuz rocket launches with Russian Earth observation craft
The Soyuz 2-1b rocket carrying the Resurs P2 satellite lifted off at 1855 GMT (1:55 p.m. EST) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: TsENKI TV A new Russian satellite streaked into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket Friday, carrying high-resolution cameras to survey the globe and a plasma physics experiment to seek out signs of…
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Resurs-P successfully launched atop Russian Soyuz 2-1B
Russia conducted its second Soyuz launch in the space of two days on Friday, with a Soyuz-2-1b successfully deploying the second Resurs-P remote sensing satellite for Roskosmos. The launch took place from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, with liftoff on schedule at 00:55 local time on Saturday (18:55 UTC on Friday). Russian Launch: Part…
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Soyuz rocket lifts off with Russian eavesdropping satellite
A satellite to collect intelligence for the Russian government launched Thursday on top of a Soyuz rocket and reached orbit a few minutes after liftoff from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome about 500 miles north of Moscow. The Soyuz rocket blasted off from Site 43 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0301 GMT Thursday (10:01 p.m. EST Wednesday),…
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Russian Earth observing satellite ready for launch
A Soyuz rocket is scheduled for launch Friday with Russia’s Resurs P2 satellite, a civilian-operated spacecraft with a sharp-eyed camera to collect high-resolution imagery for Russian government authorities and international agencies. The Soyuz 2-1b launcher is set for liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1855 GMT (1:55 p.m. EST). The three-stage rocket will…
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Russian Soyuz 2-1B successfully launches Lotos-S
Russia’s Soyuz-2-1b rocket conducted its penultimate flight of the year on Thursday morning, successfully carrying the second Lotos-S reconnaissance satellite into orbit in a morning launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Liftoff was on schedule at 06:01 local time (03:01 UTC). Soyuz Launch: Lotos-S No.802, which will likely be known as Kosmos 2503 now it has…
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Soyuz 2-1B lofts GLONASS K-1 satellite
A Russian Soyuz 2-1B has launched the much-delayed GLONASS K-1 Global Navigation satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Launch from a chilly Pad 43/4 occurred at 21:52 UTC on Sunday, marking the second launch of this class of satellite, following on from the first that was lofted in 2011. GLONASS K-1 Launch: The Russian GLONASS Global Navigation…