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The third launch occurred on 1 February 2018 from Site 1S, with a Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M. The primary payloads were two Russian government Earth observation satellites, Kanopus-V 3 and 4. Also aboard were 9 cubesats. The launch was successful. [37] The fourth launch from Vostochny, using a Soyuz 2.1a, was conducted on 27 December 2018.
Open field chosen as rocket test site in 1925; launch site of Robert H. Goddard's first liquid fuel rockets beginning on 16 March 1926. [60]: 143 United States: Eden Valley Test Site, Roswell, New Mexico: 1930–1941 >30
The Vostochny Cosmodrome Site 1S (Russian: Площадka-1C) is a launch complex at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. It consists of a single pad for use by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicles. [1] On 28 April 2016, the first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome took place from this pad. [2] The third launch took place on 1 February 2018.
"With this launch, flight design tests of the Amur space rocket complex with Angara heavy-class launch vehicles on Vostochny began." The 54.5-metre (178.81-foot) three-stage rocket, with a mass of ...
(Reuters) - The first launch of the Angara A5 space rocket from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome will take place on Tuesday, the state space agency Roscosmos said on Monday, in what could be a ...
Meteor-M No.2-1 (Russian: Метеор-М №2-1), was a Russian satellite, part of Meteor-M series of polar-orbit weather satellite. [1] It was launched using Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage on 28 November 2017; the satellite failed to separate from the Fregat and communication was later lost.
On 1 October 2015, it was revealed that parts of the assembly complex for the Soyuz-2 at Vostochny Cosmodrome were designed for a different rocket modification and were too small. This issue raised doubts about the planned first launch in December 2015. [ 26 ]
Dispatch will be completed on time with an estimated launch date for Angara-A5 in the fourth quarter of 2023. [9] On 1 September 2019, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, announced on Twitter that on 2 September 2019, the foundation pit would begin concreting and 1.5 thousand cubic meters of concrete would be poured. [10]