Assembly of Russia's Soyuz Rocket With Earth-Sensing Satellite Completed

Assembly of Russia's Soyuz Rocket With Earth-Sensing Satellite Completed Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 10, 2016 - The assembly of Russia's Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket carrying an advanced Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite has been completed, Russian Roscosmos state corporation said in a statement on Wednesday. The rocket is expected to lift off on Saturday at 18:56 GMT. "Specialists of RCC 'Progress' and enterprises of the rocket and space industry conducted a general assembly of a Soyuz-2.1 ... more

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