Russia To Launch New Soyuz Launch Vehicle This Month

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File image of a Soyuz rocket being launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.

Moscow (SPX) Oct 26, 2004
Russia's new medium launch vehicle, Soyuz M-2, will make its maiden flight on Friday from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov announced on Monday.

He said the vehicle will enable Russia to launch military satellites from its own territory, the Interfax news agency reported.

Ivanov said the Soyuz M-2 will be a dual-purpose launch vehicle that permits the placing of commercial payloads in orbit.

The rocket is designed for taking satellites to low, medium, high, solar synchronized, geo-transitional and geo-stationary orbits, and also of carrying manned and cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), said Ivanov. Soyuz M-2 offers superior carrying capacity thanks to its advanced energy parameters, he added.

The minister explained that the Soyuz M-2 boasts the latest digital control system which will increase the precision of operations.

Moreover, only 20 ground personnel are needed to launch it and just two to monitor operations rather than the 70 ground staff and40 control operators required with earlier Russian spacecraft.

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Brazil Test Launches Brazilian Exploration Vehicle

Sao Luis, Brazil (UPI) Oct 24, 2004
Brazil has launched its first rocket into space, a feat that comes just 14 months after its space program was devastated by a deadly launch pad accident.

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