Carrier rocket "Dnepr" launched to low-Earth orbit satellites - Reuters

CLEAR (Orenburg region), November 21 – RIA Novosti. rocket “Dnepr”, created on the basis of heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the RS-20 “Governor” (NATO reporting name SS -18, “Satan”), has placed into orbit a few foreign satellites for various purposes.

previously reported that the conversion trigger heavy rocket “Dnepr” with a simultaneous excretion of foreign satellites was carried out in normal mode at 11.10 MSK.

“All spacecraft successfully separated from the booster rocket. Dana team on stage withdrawal from the apparatus. Starting produced in normal mode,” – said the hands-on observation post launch base “Clear”.

As a result, start-up space will be withdrawn foreign spacecraft “DubaySat-2 ‘(UAE),” STSAT-3 “(Republic of Korea),” UniSat-5 “(Italy),” SKYSAT-1 “,” AprizeSat-7 / 8 “(USA),” BRITE-PL “,” GOMX-1 “,” WNISat “(Institute for Aerospace Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada), 9 containers” ISIPOD “with 14 nano-satellite” CubeSat “(Netherlands) and payload” BPA-3 “(Ukraine).The planned launch

“Dnepr” will be the second in 2013. At the end of August, “Dnepr” has orbited the South Korean remote sensing satellite KompSat-5.

rocket “Dnepr” was created on the basis of an intercontinental ballistic missile RS-20 (NATO – SS-18 “Satan”). As part of the “Dnepr” Disposal of ballistic missiles with a fair conclusion to space payloads. Federal Space Agency and the National Space Agency of Ukraine (in the conversion of military missiles in space launch vehicles involved Ukrainian “Southern”) to manage the project created an international space company “Kosmotras.” Since 1999, with 18 carrier rockets “Dnepr”, by which the orbit brought 63 spacecraft 15 countries.

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