Tag: Ukraine
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Zenit rocket raised on launch pad for possible final flight
In the run up to what may be the final flight of a Zenit launcher, a Russian-Ukrainian creation that represented a new age of Soviet-era rocketry, ground crews transferred the powerful booster to a launch pad Wednesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Zenit rocket reached its launch pad, part of Baikonur’s Complex 45 site, Wednesday…
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Customers assured of Dnepr rocket’s near-term availability
File photo of a Dnepr rocket launch. Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja Flights of the Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr rocket are expected to continue this year despite proclamations the satellite launcher program is suspended, officials said this week. The light-class Dnepr rocket, which has found a niche in launching flocks of small satellites, is derived from the R-36M missile…