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December 03, 2013

Russia plans eight space launches for this winter
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 03, 2013
Russia plans seven space launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk and one from the Kourou European Space Center for the next three months. "The next mission is due to occur at 4:12 p.m. on December 8 from the 200th site of the Baikonur Space Center. A Proton-M LV with a Briz-M upper stage will put the Inmarsat-5F1 satellite into orbit," a source from the space industry said on Friday. A Russian Soyuz-ST-B rocket with the Gaia satellite aboard will take off from the Kourou European Space Center at ... read more

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