Monday, February 16, 2015

Russian-Ukrainian Kosmotras Dnepr to Launch S. Korean Satellite

The launch vehicle is steam ejected from its Transport and
Launch Canister (TLC) by means of hot gases of
black powder gas generator. Dnepr liftoff sequence is shown
Russian-Ukrainian Satan Rocket to Launch S. Korean Satellite as Planned / Sputnik International
The joint Russian-Ukrainian company Kosmotras will go ahead with the launches of commercial and scientific satellites and spacecraft it had planned for 2015 using the Dnepr-1 rocket, including a South Korean Kompsat remote sensing satellite in mid-March.
KOMPSAT-5 - Satellite Missions
On the first Dnepr launch on 22 August 2013
The March 12 launch of the Dnepr-1 carrying a South Korean satellite will go ahead as planned, a source close to the space industry told Russia's RIA Novosti on Monday.
It had earlier been reported that the launch of the Dnepr-1 by Kosmotras, a Moscow-based joint Russian-Ukrainian company, had been suspended indefinitely. A Roscosmos representative had told RIA Novosti at the beginning of this month that the program had been frozen, its future potential to be determined in the near future.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150216/1018349289.html#ixzz3Rxo8OfC9

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