In 2021, Russia plans to carry out 10 launches of Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-ST launch vehicles in the interests of foreign customers
MOSCOW, August 6. /TASS/. The launch of the satellite of the European global satellite navigation system Galileo from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for November 23. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.
"The launch of the Soyuz-ST carrier rocket from the Kourou cosmodrome is scheduled for November 23, it will put the Galileo satellite into orbit," the agency's interlocutor noted.
In January, the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for International Cooperation, Sergey Savelyev, told TASS that the Russian Federation plans to carry out 10 launches of Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-ST launch vehicles in the interests of foreign customers in 2021. According to him, the launch of the European global satellite navigation system Galileo is expected from the Kourou cosmodrome.
