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Russia Launches Two Japanese Satellites
Moscow (AFP) Aug 24, 2005 A Russian Dnepr rocket carrying two Japanese scientific satellites blasted off from Russia's Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan early Wednesday, Russian space corps officials said. The blastoff was at 1:10 am (2110 GMT Tuesday) and the OICETS and INDEX satellites were placed into geostationary orbit 15 minutes later, officials quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency said. The Dnepr was created on the basis of the PC-20 ("Satan") missile, and "can be launched in any weather conditions, as well as stay loaded on the launchpad for almost unlimited time and be ready to launch," the Russian Roscosmos space agency representative said. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Launch Pad at Space-Travel.com
Soyuz To Launch Radarsat-2
Evry, France (SPX) Jan 11, 2006Starsem announced Monday the signing of a contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for the launch of MDA's RADARSAT-2 Earth observation satellite by a Soyuz launch vehicle. |
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