Recent News Technology: Start rocket "Soyuz" from Plesetsk postponed again, it is sent to the factory

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Start rocket "Soyuz" from Plesetsk postponed again, it is sent to the factory - NEWSru.com

test launch of a new rocket “Soyuz-2.1V” once again did not take place, and is likely to be postponed to next year, “Interfax” a source in the space industry. “Lightning” to abolish the start came just a minute before the set time: rocket was to start at 14:00 MSK.

The launch has been postponed for

not the first time. December 25 Roscosmos press service report that preparations for the launch, launched after the approval of the State Commission for the tests was “terminated for technical reasons.” What exactly happened at the launch pad, not reported.

Now

source of “Interfax” argues that the problems at the site will not be closed: “Most likely, the rocket will take off from the launch pad and return to the factory”.

The Defense Ministry confirmed the cancellation of the launch. The representative of the press service of the Defense Ministry and information on troops Aerospace Defense Dmitry Zenin not provided any details, but said that the launch is postponed until next year.

Moreover, one of the sources did not rule out that there will be another attempt to launch today – in 18:00.

rocket “Soyuz-2″ Phase 1B – two-step, easy class. Together with the upper stage “Volga” it

is intended for injection into circular orbits up to 1,500 km and sun-synchronous orbits up to 850 km spacecraft for various purposes. The lead developer and manufacturer of complex SRP is “Samara Space Center” (Samara).

During the current launch into orbit was to be launched satellite “Stork”, designed by students, young scientists Samara State Aerospace University named after SP Korolev and specialists “Samara Space Center”.