The Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle successfully launched from Vostochny spaceport

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Dec. 26, 2018

Soyuz-2.1a carrying Kanopus-V №5 & Kanopus-V №6 launch

Today, on December 27, 2018, at 5:07 Moscow time, the launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a with the upper stage (RB) Fregat and the remote sensing spacecraft (ERS) of the series “Canopus V” № 5 and 6.

Soyuz-2.1a launches Kanopus-V №5, Kanopus-V №6 and 26 small satellites

The space payloads in the composition of the upper unit “Frigate”, the Kanopus-V devices No. 5 and No. 6, as well as 26 satellites were launched into an open-loop near-earth orbit.

Kanopus-V

The separation of the two spacecraft Earth remote sensing “Canopus-V” is planned at 06:06 and 06:12 Moscow time, small satellites – at 07:30 and 09:25 Moscow time.

A Soyuz-2.1a (Союз-2.1а) launch vehicle, with a Fregat (Фрегат) upper stage, launched the Kanopus-V №5 (Канопус-В № 5) and Kanopus-V №6 (Канопус-В № 6) remote sensing satellites from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, on 27 December 2018, at 02:07 UTC (11:07 local time). As secondary payloads, Soyuz-2.1a launched 26 small satellites: GRUS (Axelspace), Flock 3k (twelve Planet Labs Inc 3U Dove CubeSats), ZACube-2, Lume-1 cubesat, D-Star ONE (iSat), D-Star ONE (Sparrow), eight Lemur-class satellites (Spire Global Inc) and UWE-4 (Würzburg University).

Roscosmos Press Release: https://www.roscosmos.ru/25893/

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