Rockot launches communications satellites
Posted: Fri, Jul 4, 2014, 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
A Rockot launch vehicle placed into orbit three small communications satellites for the Russian government on Thursday. The Rockot booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 8:43 am EDT (1243 GMT, 4:43 pm Moscow time) Thursday carrying three Gonets communications satellites. The rocket placed the satellites into highly-inclined orbits at an altitude of about 1,400 kilometers. The satellites join an existing network of satellites that provide store-and-forward communications for the Russian government.
A Rockot launch vehicle placed into orbit three small communications satellites for the Russian government on Thursday. The Rockot booster lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 8:43 am EDT (1243 GMT, 4:43 pm Moscow time) Thursday carrying three Gonets communications satellites. The rocket placed the satellites into highly-inclined orbits at an altitude of about 1,400 kilometers. The satellites join an existing network of satellites that provide store-and-forward communications for the Russian government.
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