Tag: Fregat
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Live coverage: Soyuz lifts off from Vostochny Cosmodrome
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with 36 OneWeb broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Arianespace webcast”] [tabby title=”Roscosmos webcast”] [tabbyending] Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) and is in English. Roscosmos’s live…
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Soyuz rocket set to launch more OneWeb internet satellites
A Soyuz rocket is standing on a launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East for liftoff Sunday with the next 36 satellites for OneWeb’s internet network, the sixth Soyuz mission dedicated to the commercial broadband constellation. The 36 satellites, built on Florida’s Space Coast by a joint venture between between OneWeb…
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Soyuz launch adds 36 satellites to OneWeb’s global internet network
A Soyuz rocket lifts off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on the fifth mission to deliver OneWeb satellites to orbit. Credit: Roscosmos A Soyuz rocket took off from a cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East and deployed 36 Florida-built OneWeb internet satellites into orbit Thursday. Another batch of OneWeb satellites will launch next month, continuing the build-out…
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Live coverage: Soyuz launches with 36 satellites for OneWeb’s constellation
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with 36 OneWeb broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”Arianespace webcast”] [tabby title=”Roscosmos webcast”] [tabbyending] Arianespace’s live video stream begins at approximately 10:30 p.m. EDT (0230 GMT) and is in English. Roscosmos’s live…
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Russia launches Arctic weather satellite
Russia launched a Soyuz rocket Sunday through a veil of fog over the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying the first spacecraft in a new program to monitor Arctic weather systems and relay emergency communications. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifted off from the Site 31 launch pad at Baikonur at 1:55:01 a.m. EST (0655:01 GMT; 11:55:01 a.m.…
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Live coverage: Soyuz rocket launches with polar weather satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket with the Arktika-M 1 weather satellite designed to provide coverage of Russia’s Arctic region. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Roscosmos’s live video stream begins at approximately 0610 GMT (1:10 a.m. EST) and will be available on this page.
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Russian satellite for polar weather forecasting ready for launch Sunday
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket stands on the launch pad at Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: Roscosmos The first in a new constellation of Russian Arctic weather satellites is poised for launch on top of a Soyuz rocket Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia’s Arktika-M 1 spacecraft is inside the nose…
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Photos: Soyuz launches French military satellite
Check out imagery from Arianespace and the French space agency showing the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket Dec. 29 from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz ST-A rocket and Fregat upper stage delivered the French military’s CSO 2 optical reconnaissance satellite to an orbit around 300 miles (480 kilometers) above Earth…
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French military surveillance satellite launched by Soyuz rocket
A Soyuz ST-A rocket fires off its launch pad in French Guiana with the CSO 2 spacecraft. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron An optical reconnaissance satellite for the French military took off atop a Soyuz launcher Tuesday, riding the Russian-made rocket from a tropical spaceport in South America into…
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Live coverage: Soyuz lifts off from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with the CSO 2 optical reconnaissance satellite for the French military. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live video stream begins at 1627 GMT (11:27 a.m. EST) and will be available here. If you appreciate what we…