This was due to a jump in tension, said the head of Roscosmos
MOSCOW, March 20. /TASS/. The postponement of the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 a launch vehicle, which is supposed to put 38 satellites from 18 countries into orbit, is associated with a power surge. This was reported to TASS by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
"A surge in tension. We decided not to risk it, we will re-conduct the readiness set, " Rogozin said.
Earlier, Roscosmos in the telegram channel reported that the launch of the Soyuz-2.1 a carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 38 foreign spacecraft on board from the Baikonur cosmodrome was postponed to a reserve date. Later, the state corporation clarified that the launch of the rocket is now scheduled for 09: 07 Moscow time on March 21.
The Soyuz-2.1 a rocket will launch the CAS500-1 remote sensing spacecraft (Republic of Korea), the Japanese space debris removal device ELSA-d, the Japanese GRUS remote sensing satellites, the NAJM-1 small satellite of Saudi Arabia for obtaining images of the Earth and providing communications, and the communication satellites of the Technical University of Berlin.
The first satellite of the Higher School of Economics (HSE) will also go into orbit from the Baikonur cosmodrome) Remote sensing, the Sirius and HSE Kubsat centers, as well as the Orbicraft-Zor satellite of Sputnix and other devices.
