First Launch From New Vostochny Spaceport The Russian spaceport [Cosmodrome] opened this week with the launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying three satellites. Before the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome all of Russia’s launches took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome which is located inside Kazakhstan. Politically, it was imperative for Russia to have a spaceport…
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Russian space rocket ship has its 500th launch this week. Soyuz 500th mission was to the International Space Station. NASA / RT Video Rediscovered Astronomy
Russian Rocket Loses Satellite A Proton M type rocket that was en route to place a Mexican communications satellite was lost this weekend. The Russian Proton M rocket was launched from the Baikonur [Байқоңыр | Байконур] Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The failure occurred in the last stage of the mission previous to the release of the…
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Space X Successfully Launches AsiaSat 6 After the failure of a Falcon 9R in recent days, Space X successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the AsiaSat 6 into orbit yesterday morning. Space X Falcon 9 Launch