Date of launching of the "Union" with the British satellites
. the subsequent launch of the carrier rocket "Soyuz" From Kourou is expected at the March 29, orbit will deliver four British O3b satellites, said on Thursday the Executive Director of the French organization Arianespace Stephen Israel after the successful launch of six British OneWeb satellites by a Soyuz rocket from Kourou.
first, a source in the Russian rocket and space industry said Last news that the launch of O3b satellites delayed From 26 to 29 March.
in 2013-2018 With the help of 4 rockets "Soyuz" From Kourou to orbit were withdrawn 16 British O3b satellites, designed for inexpensive high-speed access to the world wide web. They were built by European firm Thales Alenia Space on the order of the British organisation O3b Networks, a 100% "daughter" of the European satellite operator SES.
October 2011-present From Kourou solved 21 launch of Russian Soyuz rockets. While one of the triggers in the last month of the summer of 2014 ended with the removal of European Galileo navigation satellites into an unplanned orbit due to catastrophic failure of the upper stage " Fregat ".
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