The Russian carrier rocket “Soyuz-ST” to the two European satellite navigation system Galileo was launched on Friday night from Kourou in French Guiana. Satellites at the estimated time successfully came to an intermediate orbit, according to the online Roscosmos.
“September 11 at 5:00 08 minutes Moscow time from the Guiana Space Centre (MOC, French Guiana) joint calculations of Russian and European experts carried out the launch of a Russian carrier rocket” Soyuz-ST “with the upper stage” Fregat-MT and two European spacecraft Galileo FOC M3 “, – said the space agency.
According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, the estimated time (at 05:17), the head unit in the composition of the upper stage “Fregat-MT and the two spacecraft GALILEO FOC M3 is separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle and continued the flight.
Branch spacecraft from the upper stage is scheduled for 8:56 Moscow time. Further removal of satellites in the target orbit will come from the two inclusions engine booster, told “Interfax” of the agency.
The satellites will be, respectively, the ninth and tenth placed into orbit as part of the project Galileo, notes RIA “Novosti” .
The total cost of Galileo navigation is about 7 billion euros. Each of the satellites cost about 40 million euros. The launch of the Russian “Soyuz-ST” from Kourou, French Guiana, costing 65-70 million euros.
It is planned that by 2020, the orbit must be withdrawn 30 satellites Galileo. Developers of Galileo argue that their system will be more accurate than GPS, and will provide Europeans independence from the American GPS, the Russian GLONASS, and the Chinese Compass. Putting the system into operation was initially planned for 2008, but then repeatedly postponed.
The “Soyuz at the Guiana Space Centre” implemented on
the basis of an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and France,
signed in November 2003. Federal Space Agency is responsible for implementing
program from the Russian side, and coordinates the work with domestic
enterprises of the space industry involved in the program
(FSUE “TsENKI”, OAO “RCC” Progress “, NPO Lavochkin name).
Carrier rocket” Soyuz-ST “manufactured by” RCC “Progress” (Samara)
It developed on the basis of a rocket “Soyuz-2″ for space launches
vehicles from Kourou. It is adapted to the requirements of the Guiana
Space Center in terms of security and telemetry system
conditions.
The upper stage “Fregat-MT” is designed for NGOs behalf Lavochkin
the launch of space for various purposes in the composition
carrier rockets “Soyuz” type.
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