MOSCOW, November 20 – RIA Novosti. The Rocket “Minotaur-1″ with the U.S. military satellite, and 28 microsatellites was successfully launched from Baikonur on Wallops Island on the east coast of the United States, broadcast on the site is run by NASA .
satellite was launched in 0515 MSK medium, 45 minutes later than planned. He
This joint program of several departments Pentagon, under which practiced the possibility of using small satellites and the “rapid-fire” carriers to quickly provide tactical intelligence troops on the battlefield.
After detach from the carrier STPSat-3, all the other 28 small satellites will also begin to separate from the container – they will be displayed on a circular orbit at an altitude of about 500 kilometers.
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