Tag: Strela
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Russian-built spy satellite rockets out of underground silo
A Strela rocket soars from an underground missile silo Friday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. View more launch photos below the story. Credit: Roscosmos A Strela rocket carrying a Russian-built radar surveillance satellite built for an undisclosed foreign customer sprung out of an underground silo in Kazakhstan and fired into orbit Friday. The Kondor…
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Russian Strela rocket launches Kondor-E
Russia’s Strela rocket has made a rare appearance and launched the latest Kondor radar imaging satellite for the South African military – following its purchase from NPO Mashinostroyenia. Known as Kondor-E, this spacecraft was launched from silo 59 at Baikonur Cosmodrome’s site 175 at 04:43 UTC on Friday. Strela Launch: The rocket debuted on December 5, 2003…
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Russian Strela rocket launches Kondor satellite
Russia’s Strela rocket has finally conducted its much-delayed flight Thursday, launching a Kondor radar imaging satellite for the Russian military. Liftoff from silo 59 at Baikonur Cosmodrome’s site 175 occurred at 16:53 UTC. Strela Launch: The Kondor spacecraft has been developed by NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPO Mash), and is designed to carry either an electro-optical…