Russian carrier rocket “Soyuz ST-B», launched on Tuesday 25 June from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, has successfully placed into orbit, all four satellites O3b Networks, the press service of Arianespace. O3b satellites are designed to provide affordable access to the Internet. The launch was broadcast live on the company’s website Arianespace.
This launch “Union” was the fifth from Kourou. The first-ever launch of the Russian rocket from the Baikonur outside the former Soviet Union on 22 October 2011. Then the “Union of CT-B” was launched from Kourou. Earlier, the “union” can be run with only two launch sites – from Baikonur in Kazakhstan and Plesetsk in the Arkhangelsk region.
previously reported that the rocket launch postponed twice due to bad weather conditions in the upper atmosphere. First launch postponed for a day, and then another half an hour due to bad weather.
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