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Russia Postpones Test Launch Of New Booster Rocket
Russia has postponed the test launch of a new booster rocket scheduled for Friday, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. The launch of the Soyuz-2 medium-size rocket from Russia's Plesetsk cosmodrome was delayed due to software defects discovered during preparations and it is not clear when the launch will resume, the Interfax news agency quoted the ministry as saying. Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said earlier that the new version of the Soyuz rocket will be used for military, civil and commercial space launches. The rocket, which offers superior carrying capacity thanks to its advanced energy parameters, is designed for taking manned and unmanned spacecraft to low, medium, high, solar synchronized, geo-transitional and geo-stationary orbits. The Soyuz-2 boasts the latest digital control system which will increase the precision of operations. Source: Xinhua News Agency Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Russia To Build South Korean Launch Pad Moscow (AFP) Oct 27, 2004 Russia is to build a space launch pad in South Korea by 2007, Itar-Tass news agency reported Wednesday, quoting Vyacheslav Davidenko, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roskosmos. A contract covering "construction of a rocket launch pad for civilian use and space exploration" was signed by both countries, the spokesman was quoted as saying.
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