Russia’s Soyuz workhorse rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 8:44 UTC on Sunday, embarking on a three-and-a-half-hour mission to a 19,100-Kilometer orbit around Earth to deliver a Glonass-M navigation satellite, replenishing the aging constellation as part of standard upkeep and maintenance.
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A Russian Soyuz rocket is set for liftoff on Sunday from the country’s primary military launch site at Plesetsk on a mission to replenish the Glonass navigation satellite system.
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A Soyuz rocket raced into the early morning skies over French Guiana on Tuesday carrying a pair of Galileo satellites into orbit in the continuing deployment of Europe’s Galileo Satellite Navigation System that is set to begin initial services by the end of the year.
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A Soyuz rocket raced into the early morning skies over French Guiana on Tuesday carrying a pair of Galileo satellites into orbit in the continuing deployment of Europe’s Navigation Satellite System that is set to begin initial services by the end of the year.
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A Soyuz rocket has been assembled for launch from the Guiana Space Center on Tuesday, set to lift the next two Galileo satellites into orbit in the continued deployment of Europe’s Navigation Satellite Constellation.
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The Resurs-P No.3 Earth Observation satellite launched atop a Soyuz rocket on Sunday encountered problems during the critical deployment of its solar arrays, failing to deploy one of its two power-generating arrays.
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket lifted off on Sunday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, lighting up the night skies for the vehicle’s first of three launches planned this month and the third worldwide orbital launch this week.
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Russia’s Soyuz 2-1B rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday, coming back after a last-minute countdown abort due to a faulty ignition system indication.
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket suffered a rare on-pad abort on Saturday, shutting down its engines during the ignition sequence with just
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A Soyuz 2-1B rocket was rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in thick fog on Thursday to head into two days of final preparations of a late night liftoff on Saturday, set for 18:56 UTC, 0:56 local time.
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A Soyuz 2-1B Rocket makes its way to Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in thick morning fog and low-hanging clouds to be transferred to its vertical launch position for two days of final preparations.
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Russia became the third country to send a navigation satellite into orbit this week when a Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 0:21 UTC on Sunday on a critical mission to replenish Russia’s Glonass Satellite Navigation Constellation.
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A Soyuz 2-1B rocket lifted off from the Plestsk Cosmodrome on Sunday, embarking on a three-and-a-half-hour mission to replenish the Glonass Navigation Satellite Constellation.
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A Soyuz 2-1B rocket lifted off from the Plestsk Cosmodrome on Sunday, embarking on a three-and-a-half-hour mission to replenish the Glonass Navigation Satellite Constellation.
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket thundered into the night skies over the country’s prime military launch site Saturday night, lifting off with a Glonass-M navigation satellite to replenish the Glonass satellite constellation in orbit 19,000 Kilometers above Earth.
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Russia’s Soyuz rocket is set to conduct its year-opening launch Saturday night from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, carrying a Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit.
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The year 2015 saw 87 orbital launch attempts from spaceports across the globe – 84 missions reached orbit in a year that saw 82 successful orbital launches. Here are photos of all of 2015’s space launches.
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