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Russian Soyuz space rocket launch rescheduled

Bad weather "suggested" a new date

Bad weather partly upset the programs of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. As reported by local media, launch of the Soyuz rocket scheduled for yesterday, Sunday November 29, 2020, was postponed by two days. So tomorrow, Tuesday December 1st, 2020, there will be the actual take-off, given that the weather conditions (cold and rain) have not guaranteed adequate levels of safety. We are talking about...

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Kourou, French Guyana, 11/30/2020 15:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

AerospaceSoyuz rocket with UAE satellite took off

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The great wait for the launch of the Russian space rocket Soyuz is over (read also the article published by AVIONEWS). After two consecutive postponements regarding the Kourou base in French Guyana, third... more

AerospacePandemic. Russia repatriates technicians from the Kourou cosmodrome

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