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 by Staff Writers Vostochny (Sputnik) Dec 28, 2018
The Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying Russian Kanopus-V satellites number five and number six and foreign spacecraft successfully lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The rocket was launched at 05:07 a.m. Moscow time (02:07 GMT) as planned. Russian remote sensing satellites Kanopus-V number five and number six entered the preset orbit, a representative of Russian space agency Roscosmos told Sputnik later. "The spacecraft have successfully separated from the upper stage," the Roscosmos' representative said. This was the Russian space program's last launch this year and the 17th launch of spacecraft from Russian cosmodromes in 2018. It was also the fourth ever launch from Vostochny. Source: Sputnik News
Number of World's Space Launches in 2018 Exceeds 100, Space Industry Source Says Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 27, 2018 In 2018, the number of space launches carried out throughout the world surpassed 100 for the first time since 1990, a source in the Russian rocket and space industry told Sputnik on Wednesday, adding that the space activity activation was explained by the doubling of Chinese space launches. "A total of 112 space launches have been carried out so far this year. The number of launches per year for the last time exceeded 100 in 1990," the source said. According to the source, the number of spac ... read more
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