“Soyuz-ST” brought into the proper orbit the first couple evrosputnikov – Kommersant

                             
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Four spacecraft communication O3b, made for the British company O3b Networks, displayed on the target orbit by a Russian booster ” Frigate “and the carrier rocket” Soyuz-C2 “reported on December 19,” Interfax “the press service of the Russian Space Agency. “Two pairs of communications satellites in pairs separated from the upper stage” Fregat “at intervals of about 22 minutes. In the next two hours using “Frigate” at the expense of their own engines will be taken away to the orbit of “existence”, – said the representative of the Russian Space Agency. This is the fourth launch of “Soyuz-ST” from Kourou since the beginning of 2014.