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Today, December 20, 2018, at the Vostochny spaceport the assembly of the head part of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle is underway, and through two days will be its general assembly, so that on December 27, in on the eve of the New Year, she, along with the Frigate Upper Stage immediately put into orbit of the Earth 30 spacecraft at once.
These will be two Canopus-V satellites (No. 5 and No. 6) of Russia, together with which will go into space 20 US small spacecraft, 3 – Germany, and one by one – from Spain, Japan and South Africa. We clarify that Russian devices of the Canopus-V series are intended for monitoring various emergency situations and remote sensing our the planet. Appointments of foreign satellites in official traffic “Roskosmos” is not specified.
But it says that the “frigate” refueling has already been completed, and in overall – this will be the fourth missile launch from a new, most modern cosmodrome in the world, and confidence is expressed that This New Year’s launch will be successful.
And we suggest you watch a documentary about history Russian space center “Vostochny”, moreover, with the prospect of future. The authors of the film managed to talk about people who, not despite any difficulties, create this future of Russian astronautics, who and what can be admired and proud of without exaggeration and without any far-fetched pathos …
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