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Technical problems: launch of Globalstar-2 satellites scheduled for today postponed

Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Until backup date, on July 12

The Russian agencies inform that has been postponed the launch of the six Globalstar-2 satellites, that could have been occurred from Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome today at 2:58 GMT through a Soyuz-2.1 rocket with Fregat upper stage. The lift-off – a spokesman of Russian Federal Space Agency explained- is postponed due to technical problems until the back up date, which is tomorrow, July 12. "We h...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1131837
Rome, Italy, 07/11/2011 12:47
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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