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Soyuz rockets shipped to French Guiana

St. Petersburg, Russia - The Russian carriers will enter the Arianespace family

The first two Soyuz launchers have left Russia on Saturday for Kourou Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The Russian launcher will lift off from its new launch pad, now being completed, for the first time in 2010. The two Soyuz launchers left St. Petersburg aboard the "MN Colibri", which is one of two ships used by Arianespace to transport Ariane launch vehicles from their European m...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1111098
Rome, Italy, 11/09/2009 15:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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