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Roscosmos: Soyuz ST rocket ready for the end of the year

Votkinsk, Russia - Galileo satellite go into orbit

Roscosmos Head, Anatoly Perminov, stated in an interview to the local daily at Votkinsk, that maiden launch of the Russian rocket Soyuz ST from French space port of Kourou is slated for the end of the summer or the early fall of 2011. According to Perminov the Russian rocket will put two satellites into orbit for Galileo, the Civil navigation’s positioning system developed in Europe as an alternative t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1127243
Rome, Italy, 03/23/2011 12:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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