Roscosmos launched Soyuz with OneWeb satellites

by time news

Roskosmos announced the regular launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with 34 communication satellites of the British OneWeb. Upper stage “Fregat” separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle. The spacecraft will be separated from the upper stage for several hours.

“The rocket worked properly. The first activation of the upper stage was recorded at the estimated time, ”wrote the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin in Telegram.

The launch of Soyuz with OneWeb satellites has been postponed twice. The first time – due to technical problems, the second – at the request of a British company. It is assumed that after launch, there will be 288 OneWeb satellites in orbit.

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