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Assembly of Soyuz-2.1A rocket started

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It will put into orbit the next 6 Globastar-2 satellites in October

It started on Wednesday at the hands of experts from Progress and Yuzhny Space Centers the assembly of the Soyuz-2.1A rocket at the integration and test facility number 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It is reported on its website by Russian Federal Space Agency "Roscosmos", which specifies that when the operation will be completed the launcher will be stored pending the delivery in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1132135
Rome, Italy, 07/20/2011 14:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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