The French company Arianespace has confirmed that the postponement of the Soyuz launch with OneWeb satellites was at the request of the British company. According to her, the rocket and satellites “are in a stable and safe condition.” Arianespace is the customer for the launch.
“At the request of OneWeb, we decided to reschedule flight ST34 by 24 hours to provide preparation for the mission planning associated with the renewed launch. The Soyuz rocket and 34 OneWeb satellites are in a stable and safe state, ”Arianespace said in a statement. Twitter.
The launch is now scheduled for 22:13 on August 21 UTC (01:13 on August 22 Moscow time). The launch was originally planned for August 20, but it was postponed due to technical problems. The night before, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that the launch was again postponed at the request of the customer.
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