A Russian Soyuz 2-1A / Fregat launch vehicle lifted off from the country’s Far Eastern Vostochny Cosmodrome at 2:07:18 UTC on February 1, 2018 with a pair of Kanopus-V imaging satellites as primary payloads and nine Micro- and CubeSats as secondary passengers.
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Braving temperatures of under -25°C, teams on January 29, 2018 moved a Soyuz 2-1A/Fregat launch vehicle from its assembly facility
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A Soyuz 2-1A rocket undergoes assembly at Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome in preparation for liftoff with a pair of Kanopus-V Earth Observation satellites and nine small secondary payloads headed into Sun Synchronous Orbit.
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The third and fourth members of the Kanopus-V satellite fleet arrive at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East to undergo final pre-launch processing and testing activities before taking their slots.
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The components of a Soyuz 2-1A rocket arrive at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far east for the launch of the Kanopus-V No. 3 and 4 satellites, accompanied by a number of smaller satellites setting sail on operational and demonstration missions
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