Soyuz launches several satellites
Posted: Wed, Jul 9, 2014, 8:44 AM ET (1244 GMT)
A Soyuz rocket placed several spacecraft, including a Russian weather satellite and a commercial imaging satellite, into orbit on Tuesday. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:58 am EDT (1558 GMT, 9:58 pm local time) Tuesday and placed its payload of satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits. The primary payload of the launch was Meteor M2, a 2,778-kilogram Russian weather satellite. The rocket also carried several secondary payloads, including SkySat-2, the second in a series of small commercial remote sensing satellites built by Skybox Imaging, a company being acquired by Google. The Soyuz's payload also featured TechDemoSat-1, a technology demonstration satellite built by Surrey Space Technology Ltd.,; Relek, a Russian ionospheric science satellite; and UKube-1, the first satellite built by a Scottish company, Clyde Space.
A Soyuz rocket placed several spacecraft, including a Russian weather satellite and a commercial imaging satellite, into orbit on Tuesday. The Soyuz 2-1b rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:58 am EDT (1558 GMT, 9:58 pm local time) Tuesday and placed its payload of satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits. The primary payload of the launch was Meteor M2, a 2,778-kilogram Russian weather satellite. The rocket also carried several secondary payloads, including SkySat-2, the second in a series of small commercial remote sensing satellites built by Skybox Imaging, a company being acquired by Google. The Soyuz's payload also featured TechDemoSat-1, a technology demonstration satellite built by Surrey Space Technology Ltd.,; Relek, a Russian ionospheric science satellite; and UKube-1, the first satellite built by a Scottish company, Clyde Space.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
NASA releases report on Starliner crewed test flight problems
Posted: Sun, Feb 22 11:45 AM ET (1645 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Monday, February 23
The space race is being rewritten by AI – and Europe risks falling behind
EU-Startups — 5:38 am ET (1038 GMT) Space Solar Power Will Inevitably Trump Trump’s War On Solar Power
CleanTechnica — 5:34 am ET (1034 GMT) Foushee outlines space policy at Duke amid competitive primary election
Duke Univ. Chronicle — 5:32 am ET (1032 GMT) How the free market can free NASA from the Space Launch System
The Hill — 5:28 am ET (1028 GMT) ESA Awards Contracts for Lunar Remote Camp Studies
European Spaceflight — 5:26 am ET (1026 GMT) |
