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"Soyuz" starts carrying six satellites to spy
The rocket blasted off the Russian Soyuz, from the European space base in French Guiana, late Friday night, bringing with him six military satellites.
The Soyuz is the second Russian rocket being launched from the base of the European Space Agency from Kourou, French Bguyana, in South America, after the last was in October / November last year.
The launch of "Soyuz ST-A" of the European Al Qaeda in two in the morning GMT, according to agency Novosti.
The Russian rocket successfully put satellites in the Earth's orbit, including rocket French "Bliades 1" dedicated to military and civilian uses, along with four spy satellites belonging to the French army, it cited the source.
The payload also included satellite control for the Chilean army.
It is noteworthy that it is the second time that the launch of the Soyuz rocket from outside the former Soviet bases.
In October / November last, the Soyuz was launched from Europe's space base in Latin America, carrying with him the first two satellites in the European project a competitor of the system adopted in the U.S. Global Positioning.
The satellite weighs 700 kilograms each, and represent the core of the European navigation system "Galileo", which will consist of 30 satellites, according to the WHO said operators of the system, "Arianespace."
The European Space Agency satellite that adopted to determine the site has become the standard method of navigation and positioning .. If the lost work tomorrow, many of the crews of ships and aircraft will find themselves in a difficult situation to turn to traditional means of navigation.
Users rely on the Europeans now the American system of global positioning and known simply as GPS or the Russian system "GLONASS".
This was the first time that a Russian rocket launched from the French base in Latin America.
The agency said that the launch of the missile is considered historic in that it is the first time it's fired the Soyuz from the base is the base Baikonur Russia in Kazakhstan or Blisstic in Russia, as they start construction of the European Galileo., The fruit of cooperation between the EU and European Space Agency.
The rocket blasted off the Russian Soyuz, from the European space base in French Guiana, late Friday night, bringing with him six military satellites.
The Soyuz is the second Russian rocket being launched from the base of the European Space Agency from Kourou, French Bguyana, in South America, after the last was in October / November last year.
The launch of "Soyuz ST-A" of the European Al Qaeda in two in the morning GMT, according to agency Novosti.
The Russian rocket successfully put satellites in the Earth's orbit, including rocket French "Bliades 1" dedicated to military and civilian uses, along with four spy satellites belonging to the French army, it cited the source.
The payload also included satellite control for the Chilean army.
It is noteworthy that it is the second time that the launch of the Soyuz rocket from outside the former Soviet bases.
In October / November last, the Soyuz was launched from Europe's space base in Latin America, carrying with him the first two satellites in the European project a competitor of the system adopted in the U.S. Global Positioning.
The satellite weighs 700 kilograms each, and represent the core of the European navigation system "Galileo", which will consist of 30 satellites, according to the WHO said operators of the system, "Arianespace."
The European Space Agency satellite that adopted to determine the site has become the standard method of navigation and positioning .. If the lost work tomorrow, many of the crews of ships and aircraft will find themselves in a difficult situation to turn to traditional means of navigation.
Users rely on the Europeans now the American system of global positioning and known simply as GPS or the Russian system "GLONASS".
This was the first time that a Russian rocket launched from the French base in Latin America.
The agency said that the launch of the missile is considered historic in that it is the first time it's fired the Soyuz from the base is the base Baikonur Russia in Kazakhstan or Blisstic in Russia, as they start construction of the European Galileo., The fruit of cooperation between the EU and European Space Agency.
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