Russian rocket with Galileo satellites launched from Kuru cosmodrome

The Russian Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle with Galileo navigation satellites successfully launched from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana. This was reported in “Roskosmos”.

Nine minutes after the launch, the head unit, as part of the upper stage with two satellites, entered the specified trajectory in the normal mode.

It is noted that this is the 21st launch of Russian space rockets in 2021 and the first for this year – from the Guiana Space Center. At the end of November, it was reported that some of the Russian missile launches would be transferred to the French Kourou cosmodrome. According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, in 2022, four missile launches are planned from this cosmodrome.