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From Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the Russian Soyuz 2.1B rocket blasts into space carrying 36 new satellites, from British operator OneWeb. IMAGES
Images show the launch of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou in French Guiana. The mission is the 18th Vega mission and the first since a failed Vega launch in November, in which satellites for France and Spain were lost. IMAGES
Moscow (Russia), March 22 (EFE), (Camera: Handout).- Russia on Monday launched a Soyuz 2.1a carrier rocket with 38 nanosatellites from 18 different countries from its Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Roscosmos, the country’s space agency, said.The Fregat booster, which hosted the devices, was initially scheduled for take-off on Saturday but was postponed 48 hours due to issues in the booster’s systems. The launch on Monday was broadcast live by the space agency.Among the devices onboard the Soyuz was the South Korean CAS500-1 remote sensing spacecraft. Others included Japan’s ELSA-d space debris removing machine and Saudi Arabia’s NAJM-1 Earth imaging spacecraft, according to Russia’s Tass news agency.Also hitching a ride into orbit was the first of two small devices to be sent up by authorities in the Spanish region of Catalonia.VIDEO COURTESY OF ROSCOSMOS. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO SALES
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, Russian space agency Roscosmos says. Video published by the Russian space agency shows the Soyuz blaster launching against grey and cloudy skies at 0607 GMT. IMAGES
An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off to launch two Japanese and South Korean telecommunications satellites from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou, French Guiana. IMAGES
Ariane 5 rocket takes off for its 250th flight to launch two telecommunications satellites from the Guiana Space Center near Kourou, French Guiana. IMAGES
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